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Alford Place, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the West Tehama census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96080. It lies near McMoran Flat. The Survey maps it on the Cold Fork quadrangle.

Alford Place within Tehama County

Then and now

1890 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Alford Place, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Alford Place, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Alford Place between 1992 and 2013, burning about 616 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
9 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresTehama-Glenn UnitROCKY FIRE
5 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use27 acresTehama-Glenn UnitSTEWERT
3 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresTehama-Glenn Unit3-1
21 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitLALAGUNA,L
28 August 1999Natural102 acresTehama-Glenn UnitDEXTER
30 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresNorthern Region AdministrationBUCKHORN (CA-SHF-5849)
24 July 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING
8 June 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Alford Place: 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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
Kestner and ThompsonCopperOccurrenceUnderground
Kostner and ThompsonCopperUnknown
PerineCopperOccurrence
Uncle SamCopperOccurrenceUnderground
Uncle SamCopperUnknown
VerdeCopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Tehama 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
Haven Place2.5 miles22
Pete Hoff Place3.0 miles20
Pettyjohn Place3.1 miles22
Cold Fork3.2 miles22
Heitman Place (historical)4.6 miles22
Skinner Mill Place4.7 miles22
Bayles Place4.9 miles22
Hatfield Place (historical)5.2 miles20

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.

Wikidata item Q17299275The 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 256177. 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.