BlockChases, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Portola census division. The Survey maps it on the Grizzly Valley quadrangle. It stands 5,400 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1891 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 103 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
13 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.
- 1891 USGS Downieville quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Downieville quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Downieville quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Downieville quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Downieville quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1937 USGS Blairsden quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Blairsden quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Blairsden quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Grizzly Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Portola quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Grizzly Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Chases (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 56 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | BLAKELESS |
| 5 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | 25 |
| 3 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | CLOVER |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | MAHOGANY |
| 12 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | CLOVER |
| 6 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | MOHAGANY |
| 4 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | BAGLEY |
| 29 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | BAGLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gate Place | 4.0 miles | 29 | |
| Crow (historical) | 4.0 miles | 25 | |
| Lake Davis | 6.9 miles | 24 | |
| Five Points | 7.2 miles | 29 | |
| Lovejoy (historical) | 7.4 miles | 29 | |
| Walkermine (historical) | 7.7 miles | 29 | |
| Delleker | 11.0 miles | 24 | |
| Portola | 11.2 miles | 24 |
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 Q5087251 | 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 1701340. 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.