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.
Then and now
1922 to 1991The 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.


Compare 1922 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1922 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Burbeck quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
212 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 77 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | ROAD |
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | POPPY 3 |
| 6 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | SPRING |
| 5 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.6 acres | Mendocino Unit | SUMMIT |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | POND |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | FANBLADE |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | POPPY |
| 30 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | SMITH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longvale Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Knight Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1942 | |
| Mrs. Knight Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite | |
| Skagg's Springs Deposit | Manganese | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Heavy Rain | Clare Mill | $1,100 | Heavy rain caused a slide which blocked the east bound lane, blocking traffic.|Lat. 39.40N, Long. -123.45W. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowley | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| Soda Springs | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| Burbeck | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Shake City | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Brooktrails | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Upp | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Willits | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Simerson | 3.9 miles | 16 |
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 Q5126214 | 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 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.







