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Card Place, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Covelo census division. It stands on Cherry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Iron Peak quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.

Card Place 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 Card Place, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Card Place, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Card Place between 1992 and 2016, burning about 77 acres in total. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 59
25 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictNASH
10 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined27 acresMendocino UnitIRON 2
6 August 2009Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitHULL
6 August 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictCORDREY
6 August 1999Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 1
12 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMendocino UnitBIA# 14
12 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMendocino UnitBIA# 15

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Card Place: 5 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Clay, Chromium. 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
LloydClayUnknown
LloydChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Earl W. Long ProspectManganeseProspect1918
Long, Earl W. Woodman Station, Happy Four Last ChanceManganeseProspectRhodochrosite
Montezuma Improvement CoManganeseOccurrence
Montezuma Improvement Co.ManganeseOccurrence
UnknownManganeseOccurrence
Von KonskyManganeseOccurrence
Von KonskyManganeseUnknown1960

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
Nashmead1.1 miles15
Heath Place1.7 miles15
Reyes Place2.6 miles15
Woodman2.7 miles15
River Garden (historical)2.7 miles15
Dunlap Place3.5 miles15
Ralph Leggett Place3.5 miles15
Jim Leggett Place3.9 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.

Wikidata item Q5038199The 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 1658221. 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.