BlockBritona, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Knights Landing census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95698. It stands on Bretona Creek. The Survey maps it on the Zamora quadrangle. It stands 43 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1907 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 87 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.
- 1907 USGS Dunnigan quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1916 USGS Zamora quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Dunnigan quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Dunnigan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Zamora quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1992 USGS Zamora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Britona (historical) between 2003 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | 85 |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 11 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 August 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 21 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 13 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 20 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 19 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Britona (historical): 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| O'Brien Mine | Chromium | Past Producer | Chromite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zamora | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Wycoff (historical) | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Ronda (historical) | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Dunnigan | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Dufour | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Tyndall Landing | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Yolo | 8.3 miles | 24 | |
| Hershey | 8.4 miles | 22 |
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 Q4971513 | 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 1670267. 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.