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Catlett, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South Sutter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95668. It stands on King Slough. The Survey maps it on the Verona quadrangle.

Catlett within Sutter County

Then and now

1910 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Catlett, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Catlett, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

81 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Catlett between 1993 and 2018, burning about 961 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMOORE
28 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitBREWER
24 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
17 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBREWER
16 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
10 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCATLETT
8 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sutter 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
Striplin (historical)1.5 miles20
Pleasant Grove3.3 miles27
East Nicolaus4.5 miles20
Nicolaus4.5 miles20
Trowbridge4.6 miles20
Sankey5.1 miles27
Joes Landing5.7 miles20
Verona5.9 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252645. 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.