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Briceland, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Garberville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95589. It stands on Somerville Creek. The Survey maps it on the Briceland quadrangle. It stands 594 feet above sea level.

Briceland within Humboldt County

Then and now

1921 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Briceland, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Briceland, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Briceland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 369 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined64
Equipment and vehicle use37
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionDUMP
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitALDERPOINT
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitRIFLE 2
8 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitORCHARD 3
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitREDWOOD
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitAIRPORT
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionETTERSBURG
6 September 1992Smokingunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitDINNER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Redway4.2 miles14
Thorn Junction4.6 miles17
Ettersburg5.6 miles16
Whitethorn6.2 miles17
Beall Place6.7 miles14
Benbow6.7 miles14
Hunter Place7.8 miles13
Phillipsville9.2 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on BricelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4965866The 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 1658132. 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.