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Cooper, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Upper Lake-Nice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95485. It lies near Hells Peak. The Survey maps it on the Cow Mountain quadrangle. It stands 1,998 feet above sea level.

Cooper within Lake County

Then and now

1920 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cooper, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Cooper, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Cooper between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,082 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined46
Equipment and vehicle use31
Arson/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning15
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionELK MOUNTAIN RD / WHITE R
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionELK
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictHWY 20
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPOINT # 2
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMendocino National ForestPOINT
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSARATOGA
5 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMendocino UnitELTING
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKELLY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Cooper: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
HogeGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
RattlesnakeIronOccurrence
Middle Creek BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Middle Creek BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Middle Creek TerraceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rattlesnake UkiahManganesePast Producer
Vann Ranch Middle Creek, Black Rock, Grizzly CanyonManganeseProspectPyrolusite
Witter SpringsManganeseProspect
Witter Springs MineManganesePast Producer1918
Guntley Quarry No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Witter Springs (historical)2.1 miles21
Saratoga Springs3.3 miles21
Vann3.4 miles17
Upper Lake6.2 miles21
Howard Mill (historical)6.8 miles17
Three Crossing8.0 miles17
Parramore Springs9.2 miles17
Enterprise10.3 miles17

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 Q5167723The 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 1655917. 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.