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Calneva, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Honey Lake census division. The Survey maps it on the Calneva Lake quadrangle. It stands 4,009 feet above sea level.

Calneva within Lassen County

Then and now

1886 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Calneva, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Calneva, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Calneva between 1992 and 2020, burning about 370 acres in total. 7 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined10
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitBUILDING 309 SIERRA ARMY
11 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTruckee Meadows Fire Protection DistrictFISH SPRING
8 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor25 acresCarson City District OfficeFLOWING
30 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSTATELINE
3 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreCarson City District OfficeRAILROAD
27 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeFORT 2
23 August 1999Natural100 acresCarson City District OfficeFISH 3
22 August 2003Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestWOLF

Every fire recorded in Lassen 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
Stacy5.4 miles20
Herlong6.7 miles21
Patton Village7.8 miles21
Doyle10.0 miles21
Herlong Junction12.8 miles23
Omira13.3 miles27
Constantia14.1 miles27
Wendel18.0 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.

Wikipedia article on CalnevaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5023066The 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 1658195. 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.