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Clear Lake Keys, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Lucerne-Clearlake Oaks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95423. It stands on Schindler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clearlake Oaks quadrangle. It stands 1,329 feet above sea level.

Clear Lake Keys within Lake County

Then and now

1924 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clear Lake Keys, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Clear Lake Keys, surveyed 1924

Compare 1924 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

428 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 428 fires within 5 miles of Clear Lake Keys between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,672 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 55 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/undetermined184
Equipment and vehicle use76
Debris and open burning75
Arson/incendiarism55
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Smoking8
Natural3
Other causes2

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
9 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use15 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unit4TH ST CLEARLAKE_CITY
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLONG
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWIDGEON WY / SHADY LN
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMEADOWOOD SNF CLEARLAKE_C
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGREEN AV CLEARLAKE_CITY
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 20 / LAKEVIEW DR
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGH
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSULPHER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Clear Lake Keys: 10 producers, 9 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 2 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Manganese. 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
Bartlet SpringsDiatomiteUnknown
Big Borax LakeStoneOccurrenceObsidian
Borax LakeBoron-Borates, Halite, Sodium, CobaltPast Producer1856, 1864, 1874
Sulphur Bank MineSulfur, MercuryPast Producer1865, 1873
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrence
Christianson TractCopperOccurrenceVein
Christienson TractCopperUnknown
Clear Lake-Sulphur BankMercuryProducer
Konocti MineMercuryUnknown
Chromite OccurranceChromiumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Clearlake Oaks0.6 miles21
Eastlake (historical)0.9 miles21
Glenhaven3.8 miles21
Clearlake Park3.8 miles21
Clearlake Highlands4.6 miles21
Clearlake4.7 miles21
Riviera West5.0 miles21
Buckingham Park5.1 miles21

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 Q5130747The 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 1766089. 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.