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Clare Mill, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Willits census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95490. It stands on Burbeck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burbeck quadrangle. It stands 961 feet above sea level.

Clare Mill within Mendocino County

Then and now

1922 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clare Mill, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Clare Mill, surveyed 1922

Compare 1922 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

212 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Clare Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 325 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined77
Debris and open burning36
Arson/incendiarism23
Equipment and vehicle use21
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking6
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
8 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino UnitROAD
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMendocino UnitPOPPY 3
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitSPRING
5 September 2015Railroad operations and maintenance1.6 acresMendocino UnitSUMMIT
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino UnitPOND
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFANBLADE
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitPOPPY
30 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitSMITH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Clare Mill: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Longvale PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Knight ProspectManganeseProspect1942
Mrs. Knight ProspectManganeseOccurrencePsilomelane, Pyrolusite
Skagg's Springs DepositManganeseProducer

Every working recorded in Mendocino County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clare Mill in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 heavy rain. 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
February 2025Heavy RainClare Mill$1,100Heavy rain caused a slide which blocked the east bound lane, blocking traffic.|Lat. 39.40N, Long. -123.45W.

Every storm recorded in Mendocino 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
Crowley0.5 miles15
Soda Springs0.5 miles15
Burbeck1.2 miles15
Shake City2.3 miles15
Brooktrails3.0 miles15
Upp3.8 miles16
Willits3.9 miles16
Simerson3.9 miles16

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 Q5126214The 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 1658280. 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.