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.
Then and now
1922 to 1991The 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.


Compare 1922 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresBrooktrails 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,235 | |
| 2020 | 3,632 | +397 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1922 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Burbeck quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
261 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 100 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,100 acres | Mendocino Unit | OAK |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | WELL |
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | POPPY 3 |
| 6 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | SPRING |
| 5 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.6 acres | Mendocino Unit | SUMMIT |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | POND |
| 5 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | P. G. & E. #12 |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | FANBLADE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southard Ranch | Magnesite | Producer | Magnesite | |
| Willits Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Arnold Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| C A Haun and Son | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Longvale Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Longvale Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Willits Ready Mix | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Coursey Bros. | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Coursey Brothers Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1917 | |
| Knight Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1942 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeCamp | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Upp | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Simerson | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Rowes (historical) | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Willits | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Clare Mill | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Soda Springs | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Crowley | 3.2 miles | 15 |
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 Brooktrails | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4975151 | 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 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.







