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Bayles 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 Long Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Cold Fork quadrangle.

Bayles 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 Bayles Place, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Bayles 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

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Bayles Place between 1992 and 2019, burning about 9,064 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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 2019Natural8,838 acresNorthern California DistrictRED BANK
5 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use27 acresTehama-Glenn UnitSTEWERT
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictTGU LGT 37
3 September 2003Natural3.0 acresNorthern California DistrictTGU LGT 48
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLOOP
2 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitBECHELLI, D.
5 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use13 acresTehama-Glenn UnitPETTYJOHN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bayles Place: 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. 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
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
Mary Ellen Place2.1 miles21
Cold Fork2.3 miles22
Pettyjohn Place2.5 miles22
Haven Place2.9 miles22
Gilliam Place3.0 miles20
Skinner Mill Place3.3 miles22
Heitman Place (historical)3.4 miles22
Swain Place4.0 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 Q122592593The 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 1666609. 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.