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Browning, California

47 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Irvine-Lake Forest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92782. It lies near Red Hill. The Survey maps it on the Tustin quadrangle.

Browning within Orange County

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The 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 sheet of Browning, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Browning, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 surveys from 47 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

223 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Browning between 2005 and 2020, burning about 569 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined128
Arson/incendiarism31
Smoking29
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2018Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Browning: 8 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Calcium, Barium-Barite. 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
Red Hill MineMercury, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Santa Ana PlantCalciumProducer
Red Hill MineMercuryPast Producer1927
Blue Diamond PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
El Toro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Irvine Lake Rock Plant # 71Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Orange County Rock Co., Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Orange Plant 14Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Villa Valencia0.6 miles47
Myford1.2 miles47
Tustin1.5 miles47
Aliso1.7 miles47
Lemon Heights2.1 miles46
North Tustin2.2 miles46
Como2.4 miles47
Frances2.5 miles47

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660384. 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.