BlockBoles, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Alturas census division. The Survey maps it on the Knobcone Butte quadrangle. It stands 4,879 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1886 USGS Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava-Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Hackamore quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Tulelake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Knobcone Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Knobcone Butte quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
101 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Boles between 1992 and 2017, burning about 493 acres in total. 83 started naturally. None was 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 | 83 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | SEVEN MILE |
| 26 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | MDF DG NORTH |
| 23 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | WHITNEY |
| 23 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | HENRY |
| 15 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | PINKY |
| 13 September 2011 | Natural | 3.7 acres | Modoc National Forest | MDF DG PINKY |
| 9 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | MDF DH YELLOW JACKET |
| 9 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | WART |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackamore | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Ambrose | 4.9 miles | 22 | |
| Old Hulbert Place | 7.0 miles | 21 | |
| Meares | 9.3 miles | 24 | |
| Canby | 12.0 miles | 22 | |
| Hollenbeck (historical) | 13.0 miles | 21 | |
| Kephart | 13.9 miles | 25 | |
| Perez | 14.0 miles | 26 |
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 Q4939188 | 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 1658099. 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.