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Blunt, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Red Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96080. The Survey maps it on the Red Bluff West quadrangle.

Blunt within Tehama County

Then and now

1890 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Blunt, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Blunt, surveyed 1890

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 21 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

485 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 485 fires within 5 miles of Blunt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,195 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 36 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
Equipment and vehicle use176
Missing data/not specified/undetermined157
Debris and open burning57
Arson/incendiarism36
Smoking23
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Natural12
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2020Smoking1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitBAKER RD WRB
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitBRENT
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitJELLYS2
9 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitFREEWAY 10
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitIRISH
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitMISSION
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitHILL ST RBCTY
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresTehama-Glenn UnitVALLEY 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Blunt: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 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
Midland Co.GoldPast Producer
Al' Bon's CrusherSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brickyard Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chase PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dibble Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Heitman Dibble Creek BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hooker CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Latten Pit and MilSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tehama County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blunt in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2020: 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020LightningBlunt$5,000Local media reported that a man's home was struck by lightning on the afternoon of May 18. Media crews posted photos and video footage of damage to the owner's home which was estimated to be at least five thousand dollars worth of damage.
August 2019HailBlunt-On Friday, August 9, roughly 7 miles to the northwest of Red Bluff, a strong thunderstorm produced 1 inch hail stones that fell for 5 to 10 minutes. The public reported that they noticed some minor damage to trees and plants in the area.
December 2014Flash FloodBlunt-Flooding reported at intersection of Jellys Ferry Dr. and Oakwood.

Every storm 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
Ninemile (historical)3.2 miles21
Bend4.5 miles26
Hooker4.5 miles21
Red Bluff5.3 miles27
Rawson10.0 miles26
Dairyville11.9 miles26
Dales12.6 miles23
Proberta12.8 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658088. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.