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Alder Springs, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Willows census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95939. It lies near Alder Flat. The Survey maps it on the Alder Springs quadrangle. It stands 4,455 feet above sea level.

Alder Springs within Glenn County

Then and now

1919 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Alder Springs, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Alder Springs, surveyed 1919

Compare 1919 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Alder Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,598 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino National ForestSANHEDRIN
3 September 2003Natural1.3 acresMendocino National ForestCEDAR 1
3 September 2003Natural3.0 acresMendocino National ForestJUMBO
3 September 2003Natural212 acresMendocino National ForestBOWMAN
3 September 2003Natural2.2 acresMendocino National ForestCEDAR 3
29 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMendocino National ForestOCEAN
21 September 2007Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestCEDAR
18 September 1994Smokingunder an acreMendocino National ForestFORD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glenn County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Alder Springs: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
B.S. No. 1ManganeseProspectPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
B.S. No. 1ManganeseProspect1941

Every working recorded in Glenn County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Reynolds Place (historical)1.7 miles16
Meyers Place2.8 miles15
Dogtown4.4 miles15
Fiddlers Green5.4 miles16
Lone Star6.0 miles13
Copper City6.7 miles13
Jenks Place7.6 miles13
Elk Creek10.4 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Alder SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4713633The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1657907. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.