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Campbell, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Alturas census division. The Survey maps it on the Jess Valley quadrangle. It stands 5,292 feet above sea level.

Campbell within Modoc County

Then and now

1886 to 1993

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Campbell, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Campbell, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Campbell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,840 acres in total. 88 started naturally. 6 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
Natural88
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestBEAR
21 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreModoc National ForestCHIP FIRE
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreModoc National ForestJESS
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarism133 acresModoc National ForestSOUP 1
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreModoc National ForestSOUP 5
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreModoc National ForestSOUP 4
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarism2,588 acresModoc National ForestSOUP 2
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreModoc National ForestSOUP 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Modoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Campbell: 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Peat. 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
JeffreyPeatProducer
Jeffrey ?PeatProducer
Brown ProspectMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Brown ProspectMercuryUnknown
UnknownMercuryOccurrence
Unnamed LocationMercuryOccurrence

Every working recorded in Modoc 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
Brooks Mill3.2 miles23
Cantrall Mill6.0 miles23
Kauffman9.9 miles24
Eagleville10.2 miles24
Menlo Baths10.6 miles24
Likely11.9 miles22
Ramsey12.4 miles23
R Flourney13.2 miles22

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 Q5027972The 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 276406. 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.