BlockColusa Rancheria, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Colusa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95932. The Survey maps it on the Moulton Weir quadrangle. It stands 59 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1906 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 88 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
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1906 USGS Maxwell quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1917 USGS Compton Landing quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Maxwell quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Moulton Weir quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Moulton Weir quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Colusa Rancheria between 1997 and 2017, burning about 48 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delevan National Wildlife Refuge | DELEVAN #2 |
| 28 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Delevan National Wildlife Refuge | D43 ESC |
| 24 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Colusa National Wildlife Refuge | HIGHWAY 20 |
| 18 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colusa National Wildlife Refuge | COLT1.1 |
| 31 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colusa National Wildlife Refuge | COLUSA REFUGE |
| 27 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colusa National Wildlife Refuge | 20COLUSA |
| 21 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.1 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 10 August 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Delevan National Wildlife Refuge | T43.1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Colusa Rancheria: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cortina Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
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 Colusa Rancheria | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5150248 | 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 1985197. 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.