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Arbee, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the East Colusa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95932. The Survey maps it on the Meridian quadrangle. It stands 56 feet above sea level.

Arbee within Colusa County

Then and now

1888 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Arbee, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Arbee, surveyed 1888

On record in Arbee

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

36 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Arbee between 1999 and 2017, burning about 66 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
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
3 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreColusa National Wildlife RefugeCOL T5
24 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresColusa National Wildlife RefugeHIGHWAY 20
18 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColusa National Wildlife RefugeCOLT1.1
6 August 2008Natural1.0 acresSacramento National Wildlife RefugeBUTTE SINK
31 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColusa National Wildlife RefugeCOLUSA REFUGE
27 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColusa National Wildlife Refuge20COLUSA
22 August 2013Debris and open burning10 acresSacramento National Wildlife RefugeCOLUSA SHOOTING CLUB #2
21 August 2006Debris and open burning5.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colusa County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Arbee: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Cortina MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Colusa 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
Colusa0.8 miles19
Colusa Rancheria3.1 miles16
West Butte5.9 miles24
Sycamore6.0 miles24
Williams9.0 miles17
Delphos9.3 miles17
Cortena10.1 miles17
Stegeman10.3 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.

Wikidata item Q4784632The 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 1657941. 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.