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Canby, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Alturas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96015. It stands on Westlake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Canby quadrangle. 183 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,314 feet above sea level.

Canby 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 Canby, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Canby, surveyed 1886

Population over time

2 figures

Canby fell from 315 to 183 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
2010315
2020183-132 (-42%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Canby between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,258 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 3 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
Natural55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLassen-Modoc Unit4-1 CATTLE
8 September 1998Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestCITY ROCK
8 September 1998Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestHOWARD
7 September 1993Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestBSFMU
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestCINDER
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestHOUSE
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitLGT#89
27 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitMATCH BOOK FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Modoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Canby: 3 prospects, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Stone, Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Canby PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kelley Hot SpringGeothermalUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceProducer
Cinder PitPumiceProspect
Cinder PitsStoneOccurrence
QuarryStoneProspect
UnknownMercuryOccurrence
Unnamed LocationMercuryProspect

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
Fletcher (historical)6.1 miles22
Ambrose7.1 miles22
Old Hulbert Place9.7 miles21
California Pines10.4 miles23
Boles12.0 miles24
Hackamore15.4 miles24
Juniper16.0 miles24
Harper16.1 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.

Wikipedia article on CanbyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1006533The 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 220535. 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.