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Brockman, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Madeline Plains census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96119. It lies near Threemile Canyon. The Survey maps it on the McDonald Peak quadrangle. It stands 5,302 feet above sea level.

Brockman within Lassen County

Then and now

1886 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brockman, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Brockman, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Brockman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 21 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
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictNOVE
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3633
30 September 2011Natural12 acresNorthern California DistrictMCDONALD
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitLIGHTNING # 207
15 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use22 acresNorthern California DistrictMENDIBOURE
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictTHREE
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictVAN LOAN
28 August 2019Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictW 2 KIRBY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lassen County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Brockman: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Lassen 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
Moran4.3 miles21
Madeline6.1 miles20
Termo7.1 miles20
Pinnio7.8 miles20
Sage Hen10.2 miles20
Ravendale13.4 miles20
Evans Place15.7 miles26
Crest17.9 miles20

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 Q4972843The 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 1658140. 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.