BlockCortena, California
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Central Colusa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95955. The Survey maps it on the Williams quadrangle. It stands 79 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1907 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 87 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 17 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.
- 1907 USGS Colusa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Williams quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Colusa quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Williams quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Colusa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Cortena between 2003 and 2013, burning about 510 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | BLACK |
| 1 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 2 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 6 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 5 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 30 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 19 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
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 Cortena: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stella Prospect | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delphos | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Lurline (historical) | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Maxwell | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Williams | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Mills Orchards | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Colusa Rancheria | 8.8 miles | 16 | |
| Delevan | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Colusa | 9.4 miles | 19 |
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 Q5173229 | 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 1658322. 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.