BlockCameron, California
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Mendocino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95427. It lies near Poverty Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Comptche quadrangle. It stands 1,434 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1920 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1920 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1920 USGS Glenblair quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Glenblair quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Comptche quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Comptche quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Cameron between 1992 and 2018, burning about 274 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | COMPTCHE UKIAH RD COM 12 |
| 28 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | FLYNN 2 |
| 24 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | STUOGHTON |
| 21 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | SURPRISE |
| 19 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | JSF #3 |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | 5-3 |
| 31 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | CREEK 4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comptche | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Melbourne | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Dunlap (historical) | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Old Bailey Place | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Navarro | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Whiskey Springs | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Montgomery | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Northspur | 10.4 miles | 14 |
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 Q5026155 | 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 1655861. 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.