BlockCanby Cross, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Tulelake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96134. It sits by Howitzer Point. The Survey maps it on the Captain Jacks Stronghold quadrangle. It stands 4,065 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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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 Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava-Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Mt Dome quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Mt. Dome quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Tulelake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Captain Jacks Stronghold quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Captain Jacks Stronghold quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Canby Cross between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,279 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge | SPUD FIRE |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge | BARNTOP |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lava Beds National Monument | SNIFF |
| 21 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge | HOSPITAL |
| 2 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Lava Beds National Monument | JOEL |
| 16 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge | FROG |
| 16 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Lava Beds National Monument | COYOTE |
| 15 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge | B1W |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fleener Place | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Chalk Bank Landing | 8.3 miles | 24 | |
| Tulelake | 10.1 miles | 23 | |
| Laird Landing | 10.3 miles | 26 | |
| Hatfield | 12.4 miles | 24 | |
| Ainsworth Corner | 12.4 miles | 24 | |
| Dorris | 22.3 miles | 24 | |
| Somerset | 23.8 miles | 24 |
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 Canby Cross | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5031298 | 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 257930. 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.