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Avila Place, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Big Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96009. It lies near Preston Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lane Reservoir quadrangle. It stands 4,655 feet above sea level.

Avila Place within Lassen County

Then and now

1886 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Avila Place, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Avila Place, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Avila Place between 1992 and 2019, burning about 142 acres in total. 72 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
Natural72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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 2005Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestCOYOTE
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protection3-8 WINDMILL
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestCDF NO 10
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestFOSTER
5 September 2003Natural1.0 acresModoc National Forest739
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestCDF #10
14 September 2001Naturalunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitLIGHTING #75
13 September 2017Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestDRAW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lassen County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Avila Place: 18 occurrences, 8 prospects, 6 producers, 6 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold, Pumice. 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
Golden Eagle MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Hayden Hill DepositSilver, Gold, Mercury, Arsenic, ManganeseProducer1870
Unnamed LocationMagnesiteOccurrence
Anderson RanchPumiceUnknown
Anderson Ranch DepositPumiceOccurrence
Golden Eagle MineSilver, GoldProducer1869
Hayden Hill MineGold, SilverPlant1988, 1992
Lassen Eagle Mining Co.Hayden Hill Gold CorpGold, SilverOccurrence1870
Manganese OccurrenceManganeseUnknown
Unnamed OccurrenceManganeseOccurrenceUnknown

Every working recorded in Lassen 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
Hayden Hill3.4 miles21
Scotty Place5.6 miles22
Dan Ryan Place7.8 miles22
Leonard10.7 miles21
Hot Springs11.5 miles21
Sheepshead13.1 miles22
Pumpkin Center13.5 miles21
Bieber15.6 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.

Wikidata item Q4828841The 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 1657969. 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.