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.
Then and now
1890 to 1998The 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.


Compare 1890 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Colyear Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Colyear Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1967 USGS Cold Fork quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Cold Fork quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | ROCKY FIRE |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | 8,838 acres | Northern California District | RED BANK |
| 5 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 27 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | STEWERT |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | TGU LGT 37 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Northern California District | TGU LGT 48 |
| 20 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Northern California District | LOOP |
| 2 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | BECHELLI, D. |
| 5 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | PETTYJOHN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kestner and Thompson | Copper | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Perine | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Uncle Sam | Copper | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Uncle Sam | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Verde | Copper | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Ellen Place | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Cold Fork | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Pettyjohn Place | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Haven Place | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Gilliam Place | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Skinner Mill Place | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Heitman Place (historical) | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Swain Place | 4.0 miles | 20 |
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 Q122592593 | The 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.







