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Berry Glenn, California

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the North Coastal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95555. It stands on Skunk Cabbage Creek. The Survey maps it on the Orick quadrangle.

Berry Glenn within Humboldt County

Then and now

1945 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 37 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Berry Glenn, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Berry Glenn, surveyed 1945

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Berry Glenn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 9 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
Recreation and ceremony29
Natural16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks2

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresRedwood National and State ParksOVERLOOK
8 September 2003Naturalunder an acreRedwood National and State ParksGANNS1
6 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRedwood National and State ParksLADY BIRD
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreRedwood National and State ParksGANNS 2
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreRedwood National and State ParksLOST
6 September 2003Natural1.0 acresRedwood National and State ParksGANNS 3
6 September 2003Natural1.0 acresRedwood National and State ParksGANNS 4
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreRedwood National and State ParksLBJ2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Berry Glenn: 5 producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Platinum, Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Upper Gold BluffsGold, PGEOccurrence
McarthurChromiumUnknown
Redwood Creek BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Redwood Creek BypassSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Lower Gold BluffsGold, PlatinumOccurrence
Two States Mining Co.Gold, PlatinumProducer1852
Two States Mining Co.Gold, PlatinumOccurrence
UnknownGoldProducerGold
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown

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
Orick2.3 miles12
Ore'q (historical)2.4 miles12
Elk Grove (historical)3.4 miles12
Mettah9.0 miles15
Notchko9.2 miles15
Johnsons9.3 miles15
Erner (historical)9.4 miles15
Shregegon (historical)9.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 219078. 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.