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Brock Creek, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Garberville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95554. It stands on Brock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Seward quadrangle. It stands 279 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.

Brock Creek within Humboldt County

Then and now

1920 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brock Creek (historical), surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Brock Creek (historical), surveyed 1920

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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Brock Creek (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,444 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined27
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined140 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCOLONY
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitSALMON
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLARABEE
4 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitEEL
4 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFISH
28 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMM 20.007 HWY 101 HUM PHI
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBLOCKSBURG
24 September 1992Debris and open burning340 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLARABEE #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Brock Creek (historical): 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Silica. 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
Fort Seward MineManganese, SilicaPast Producer1917, 1918
Fort Seward QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fort SewardManganeseProducer
Fort SewardManganeseProducerBraunite, Rhodochrosite

Every working 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
Oak Glen2.7 miles12
Eel Rock3.0 miles12
Fort Seward4.2 miles14
Phillipsville4.6 miles15
Blocksburg4.6 miles12
Smith (historical)4.9 miles11
Tanoak (historical)5.6 miles11
Miranda5.8 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.

Wikidata item Q4972706The 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 1665526. 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.