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Beatrice, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Yolo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95691. The Survey maps it on the Taylor Monument quadrangle. It stands 26 feet above sea level.

Beatrice within Yolo County

Then and now

1907 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Beatrice, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Beatrice, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

51 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Beatrice between 1999 and 2020, burning about 894 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/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined800 acresAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
20 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yolo 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
Vin0.5 miles22
Marty (historical)1.2 miles22
Kiesel1.7 miles22
Fremont3.1 miles20
Leeman (historical)3.2 miles23
Lovdal3.8 miles23
Bryte4.4 miles23
Kobe (historical)4.6 miles23

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 Q4877104The 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 1658020. 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.