BlockChristensen, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Alturas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96116. It lies near Crooks Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Infernal Caverns quadrangle. It stands 4,383 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 107 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
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1886 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Infernal Caverns quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Infernal Caverns quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Christensen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,853 acres in total. 32 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Northern California District | LIKELY 3 |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Northern California District | LIKELY 2 |
| 22 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | LYNETTA |
| 17 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.9 acres | Northern California District | JUNIPER |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | 4-15 BEET |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | 4-13 ROCKY |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | 4-12 POWER |
| 11 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | 4-14 PRAIRIE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGarva | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Derner | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Bayley (historical) | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Williams | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Vestil | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Ramsey | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| D Flourney | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| McArthur | 3.9 miles | 23 |
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 Q5109169 | 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 276606. 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.