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Centerville, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Redding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96001. The Survey maps it on the Redding quadrangle. 2,095 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 866 feet above sea level.

Centerville within Shasta County

Then and now

1890 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Centerville, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Centerville, surveyed 1890

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 29 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

622 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 622 fires within 5 miles of Centerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72,166 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 112 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/undetermined190
Equipment and vehicle use151
Arson/incendiarism112
Debris and open burning74
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Smoking23
Natural18
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Recreation and ceremony12
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresNorthern California DistrictCASTLE
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined8,056 acresNorthern California DistrictCLOVER
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitOAK
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictLOWER 5
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitSELTZER #2
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitKIRK
7 September 2005Smoking2.0 acresNorthern California DistrictPOWER
7 September 1996Arson/incendiarism15 acresShasta-Trinity UnitOAK #3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 156 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 156 workings within 5 miles of Centerville: 69 past producers, 38 unknowns, 30 occurrences, 17 producers. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
AmericusCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceUnderground
Anavina GroupGold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Big DykeSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, ZincPast ProducerVein
Boswell GroupGold, Copper, SulfurPast ProducerGold
Briggsville Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Broken HillGold, Iron, SulfurPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Buena VistaGold, Copper, TungstenOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Scheelite
Clear CreekGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
ClimaxSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Silver
HorstmanGold, LeadOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Shasta County

Storms near this place

2 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centerville in 2 storm reports in 2025: 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2025FloodCenterville-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at Texas Springs Road and Lone Star Court.
December 2025FloodCenterville-California Highway Patrol reported a mud and rock slide with the westbound lane covered in approximately 1 foot of mud due to heavy rain.

Every storm recorded in Shasta 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
Middletown (historical)1.6 miles29
Igo3.1 miles27
Cloverdale3.1 miles25
Paige Bar5.3 miles27
Girvan5.6 miles29
Shasta5.6 miles29
Waugh (historical)5.8 miles29
Kett6.2 miles29

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 CentervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5060103The 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 1658250. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.