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Beall Place, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Garberville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95542. It lies near Stone Opening. The Survey maps it on the Garberville quadrangle.

Beall Place within Humboldt County

Then and now

1921 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Beall Place, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Beall Place, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Beall Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 173 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined47
Equipment and vehicle use42
Debris and open burning17
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitTOOBY
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitAIRPORT
5 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use43 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitNIELSON
4 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitSTATE
28 September 1994Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBENBOW
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte Unit271
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitKIMTU
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBARNUM #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Beall Place: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown
Cooks Valley BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Randall Gravel BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Cooks Valley2.9 miles14
Benbow3.7 miles14
Whitethorn6.0 miles17
Redway6.4 miles14
Briceland6.7 miles17
Thorn Junction7.5 miles17
Harris9.9 miles14
Ettersburg11.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1655817. 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.