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Caldwell Pines, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Cobb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95451. The Survey maps it on The Geysers quadrangle. It stands 2,730 feet above sea level.

Caldwell Pines within Lake County

Then and now

1921 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Caldwell Pines, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Caldwell Pines, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Caldwell Pines between 1992 and 2020, burning about 158,239 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined47
Equipment and vehicle use35
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGHLAND
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitYOGI
27 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitAIRSTRIP
27 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGH
26 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitFOX DR COBB 5
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,547 acresCentral California DistrictSAWMILL
22 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictSULPHUR
21 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictGEYSER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 72 workings within 5 miles of Caldwell Pines: 31 occurrences, 23 unknowns, 11 past producers, 4 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Manganese, Chromium, Stone. 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
CornucopiaCopper, CobaltOccurrenceVein
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Red HillChromium, IronPast Producer1892
Squaw CreekCopperUnknown
Unnamed LocationSulfurOccurrence
T -B-M ProspectGoldOccurrence
T-B-M ProspectGoldUnknown
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrence
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrence
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Glenbrook2.7 miles18
Pine Grove4.2 miles20
Hobergs4.4 miles20
Glenview4.6 miles20
Sunrise Vista4.6 miles21
Salminas Resort4.7 miles21
Adams4.7 miles20
Cobb4.8 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 Q5019167The 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 1658193. 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.