Clearlake Highlands, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Clearlake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95422. It lies near Beakban Island. The Survey maps it on the Clearlake Highlands quadrangle. It stands 1,348 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1945 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 48 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
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1945 USGS Lower Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Clearlake Highlands quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Lower Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Clearlake Highlands quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Clearlake Highlands quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
496 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 496 fires within 5 miles of Clearlake Highlands between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,488 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 67 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 | 222 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 79 |
| Debris and open burning | 78 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 67 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CDF KONOCTI CAMP KELSEYVI |
| 9 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | 4TH ST CLEARLAKE_CITY |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | WIDGEON WY / SHADY LN |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | MEADOWOOD SNF CLEARLAKE_C |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | GREEN AV CLEARLAKE_CITY |
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | POINT |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | MADISON DR CLEARLAKE_CIT |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | VISTA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Clearlake Highlands: 11 producers, 8 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 2 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartlet Springs | Diatomite | Unknown | ||
| Big Borax Lake | Stone | Occurrence | Obsidian | |
| Borax Lake | Boron-Borates, Halite, Sodium, Cobalt | Past Producer | 1856, 1864, 1874 | |
| Sulphur Bank Mine | Sulfur, Mercury | Past Producer | 1865, 1873 | |
| Unknown | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Christianson Tract | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Christienson Tract | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Clear Lake-Sulphur Bank | Mercury | Producer | ||
| Konocti Mine | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| H and G | Manganese | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearlake Park | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Clearlake | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Lower Lake | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Eastlake (historical) | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Clear Lake Riviera | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Clear Lake Keys | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Twin Lakes | 5.1 miles | 22 | |
| Clearlake Oaks | 5.1 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Clearlake Highlands | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5130879 | 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 1655903. 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.










