California Pines, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Alturas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96101. It lies near Rye Grass Swale. The Survey maps it on the Rattlesnake Butte quadrangle. 473 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,406 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresCalifornia Pines fell from 520 to 473 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 | 520 | |
| 2020 | 473 | -47 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1886 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Rattlesnake Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Rattlesnake Butte quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of California Pines between 1992 and 2018, burning about 237 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | COOKE |
| 26 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CANBY 2 |
| 25 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | WALTERS |
| 22 September 1999 | Natural | 28 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | LGT #97 |
| 21 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | PORTUGUSE (4-5) |
| 2 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | KITCHEN |
| 17 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | ALAMO (4-3) |
| 17 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | HAT (4-1) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of California Pines: 1 unknown. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher (historical) | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Juniper | 7.4 miles | 24 | |
| Bormister | 8.4 miles | 23 | |
| Paola (historical) | 8.6 miles | 24 | |
| Lakeview Junction | 8.8 miles | 24 | |
| Alturas | 9.0 miles | 24 | |
| McArthur | 9.3 miles | 23 | |
| Daphnedale Park | 9.9 miles | 22 |
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 California Pines | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5020757 | 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 1947700. 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.









