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Bredehoft Place, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Covelo census division. It lies near Twin Rocks Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Mendocino Pass quadrangle. It stands 4,695 feet above sea level.

Bredehoft Place within Mendocino County

Then and now

1952 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bredehoft Place, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Bredehoft Place, surveyed 1952

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

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Bredehoft Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 230 acres in total. 17 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
Natural17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2
Equipment and vehicle 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
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestWELLS CABIN
3 September 2003Natural2.0 acresMendocino National ForestMARE
19 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino National ForestDOAN
6 August 1999Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestPANTHER
6 August 1999Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestCATTLE
8 July 2015Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestCLIFTON RIDGE
27 July 1996Other causesunder an acreRound Valley Indian TribesBIA 7
27 July 1996Other causesunder an acreRound Valley Indian TribesBIA 9

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino 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 Bredehoft Place: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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
Bereton MineManganesePast Producer1917
Jump Off CreekManganeseOccurrence
Jumpoff ClaimsManganeseProspect1918

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
Hardy Place1.4 miles14
Carpenter Place3.4 miles12
McClure Place5.1 miles16
O'Neil Place5.9 miles12
Hays Place7.4 miles12
Sherburns (historical)8.2 miles16
Cubbler Place11.3 miles16
Reeves Place11.8 miles17

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 Q4960127The 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 1658129. 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.