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.
Then and now
1890 to 1984The 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 sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 29 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.
- 1890 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1901 USGS Redding quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1944 USGS Redding quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Redding quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Redding quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Redding quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
622 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 190 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 151 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 112 |
| Debris and open burning | 74 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Northern California District | CASTLE |
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,056 acres | Northern California District | CLOVER |
| 9 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | OAK |
| 9 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | LOWER 5 |
| 9 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | SELTZER #2 |
| 7 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | KIRK |
| 7 September 2005 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Northern California District | POWER |
| 7 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | OAK #3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 156 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Americus | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Anavina Group | Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Big Dyke | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Boswell Group | Gold, Copper, Sulfur | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Briggsville Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Broken Hill | Gold, Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite | |
| Buena Vista | Gold, Copper, Tungsten | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Scheelite | |
| Clear Creek | Gold, Platinum | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Climax | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Silver | |
| Horstman | Gold, Lead | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
2 since 2025Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Flood | Centerville | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at Texas Springs Road and Lone Star Court. |
| December 2025 | Flood | Centerville | - | California Highway Patrol reported a mud and rock slide with the westbound lane covered in approximately 1 foot of mud due to heavy rain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown (historical) | 1.6 miles | 29 | |
| Igo | 3.1 miles | 27 | |
| Cloverdale | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Paige Bar | 5.3 miles | 27 | |
| Girvan | 5.6 miles | 29 | |
| Shasta | 5.6 miles | 29 | |
| Waugh (historical) | 5.8 miles | 29 | |
| Kett | 6.2 miles | 29 |
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 Centerville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5060103 | 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 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.







