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Alliance, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Arcata census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95521. It stands on Janes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arcata North quadrangle. It stands 36 feet above sea level.

Alliance within Humboldt County

Then and now

1922 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Alliance, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Alliance, surveyed 1922

On record in Alliance

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

283 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 283 fires within 5 miles of Alliance between 1992 and 2020, burning about 379 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 were 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/undetermined155
Debris and open burning44
Equipment and vehicle use25
Arson/incendiarism16
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking12
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Other causes2
Natural1

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 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBROWNFIELD
7 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2004Smokingunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitESSEX
6 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitUNION ST / SAMOA BLVD
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte Unitnot named
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFUSI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Alliance: 14 producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Rocky Gulch QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
W A Preston ProspectIronProspect
W. A. Preston PropertyIronOccurrence
Hanes CreekManganeseProducer
Janes CreekManganeseProducer
Janes CreekManganeseProspect1918
Arcata PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Blue Lake/Mad River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chriestie BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Essex Gravel BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Storms near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alliance in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2019HailAlliance$12,000Eight vehicle accidents reported along Highway 101 near Arcata due to heavy hail shower. Damage estimate was made based on $1500 of damage for each fender bender.

Every storm recorded in Humboldt 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
Korblex1.4 miles21
Arcata1.5 miles21
Sunny Brae2.4 miles21
Fickle Hill2.9 miles21
Essex3.0 miles21
Tyee City3.1 miles19
Calville3.4 miles21
Bayside3.4 miles21

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 AllianceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4732263The 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 1657915. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.