BlockCopic, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Newell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96134. It lies near Snake Island. The Survey maps it on the Copic quadrangle. It stands 4,039 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 107 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 24 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.
- 1886 USGS Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava-Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Tulelake quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Tulelake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Copic quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Copic quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Copic between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,710 acres in total. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge | FROG |
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge | #551 |
| 13 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge | MALLARD |
| 5 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | MDF DH HORSE |
| 2 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 39 acres | Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge | TULE |
| 19 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Lava Beds National Monument | MDF639 |
| 19 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge | 639 |
| 18 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | 317 |
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 Copic: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Mountain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newell | 2.3 miles | 25 | |
| Staley | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Hannchen | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| Liskey | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Suty (historical) | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| Kandra | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Stronghold | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Cornell | 4.7 miles | 24 |
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 Q5168577 | 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 1655920. 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.