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Calpella, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Redwood Valley-Potter Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95482. It stands on Forsythe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ukiah quadrangle. 799 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 682 feet above sea level.

Calpella within Mendocino County

Then and now

1920 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Calpella, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Calpella, surveyed 1920

Population over time

2 figures

Calpella grew from 679 to 799 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.

YearPeople Change
2010679
2020799+120 (+18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

244 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Calpella between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40,649 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined100
Equipment and vehicle use58
Debris and open burning40
Arson/incendiarism27
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Smoking1
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3669
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitMARINA
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitLUSTIG
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMendocino UnitMARINA
7 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitUVA
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresMendocino UnitWALLACE
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLONE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Calpella: 6 producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum, Gold. 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
CalpellaOsmium, Iridium, Platinum, GoldOccurrenceStream Placer
CalpellaPlatinum, GoldOccurrence
Krueger QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ciancio BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Freitas Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Redwood Valley Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cleveland HomesteadManganeseOccurrence
Cleveland ProspectManganeseProspect1918
Heughes FredrikaManganeseProspect
Heughes ProspectManganeseProspect1918

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
Coyote Valley Rancheria (historical)1.9 miles15
Redwood Valley2.2 miles14
The Forks2.9 miles15
Laughlin3.6 miles14
Presswood4.5 miles15
Vichy Springs5.2 miles15
Ukiah5.8 miles15
Rogina Heights6.1 miles15

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 CalpellaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3458667The 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 1658196. 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.