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Copeland, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the East Tehama census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96055. It stands on Delaney Slough. The Survey maps it on the Vina quadrangle.

Copeland within Tehama County

Then and now

1904 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Copeland, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Copeland, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

403 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 403 fires within 5 miles of Copeland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,508 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined167
Equipment and vehicle use110
Debris and open burning74
Arson/incendiarism21
Smoking14
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitAG BURN 2
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeTORRES, L.
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitTHOMAS
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTehama-Glenn UnitMAGNOLIA
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitPETTIT, M.
7 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitRANDALL
7 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitKOFFORD. R.
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitSOUTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Copeland: 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Vina Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Doyle Pit #17Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fox's Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Thomes Creek Gravel BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tehama 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
Vina1.6 miles18
Ensign (historical)2.5 miles18
Loybas Hill3.6 miles18
Los Molinos4.9 miles26
Tehama5.9 miles26
Richfield6.1 miles17
Corning6.4 miles17
Favinger Place7.7 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1670244. 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.