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Brooktrails, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Willits census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95490. It stands on Dutch Henry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burbeck quadrangle. 3,632 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,634 feet above sea level.

Brooktrails within Mendocino County

Then and now

1922 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brooktrails, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Brooktrails, surveyed 1922

Compare 1922 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Brooktrails grew from 3,235 to 3,632 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,235
20203,632+397 (+12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

261 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Brooktrails between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,466 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined100
Debris and open burning47
Equipment and vehicle use38
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Arson/incendiarism15
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Natural9
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes2

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,100 acresMendocino UnitOAK
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitWELL
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMendocino UnitPOPPY 3
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitSPRING
5 September 2015Railroad operations and maintenance1.6 acresMendocino UnitSUMMIT
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino UnitPOND
5 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMendocino UnitP. G. & E. #12
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFANBLADE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Brooktrails: 8 producers, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Southard RanchMagnesiteProducerMagnesite
Willits QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arnold PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C A Haun and SonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Longvale PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Longvale PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willits Ready MixSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Coursey Bros.ManganeseProspect
Coursey Brothers ProspectManganeseProspect1917
Knight ProspectManganeseProspect1942

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
DeCamp1.6 miles16
Upp1.9 miles16
Simerson2.2 miles16
Rowes (historical)2.8 miles15
Willits2.8 miles16
Clare Mill3.0 miles15
Soda Springs3.0 miles15
Crowley3.2 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 BrooktrailsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4975151The 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 1724158. 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.