BlockBefore

Counsman, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South Sutter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95626. The Survey maps it on the Rio Linda quadrangle. It stands 36 feet above sea level.

Counsman within Sutter County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Counsman, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Counsman, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 33 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

272 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 272 fires within 5 miles of Counsman between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,541 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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/undetermined157
Equipment and vehicle use60
Arson/incendiarism33
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitBASELINE
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitWATT
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sutter 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
Sankey2.0 miles27
Pleasant Grove5.2 miles27
Joes Landing6.3 miles20
Catlett7.0 miles20
Verona7.1 miles20
Striplin (historical)8.6 miles20
Karnak9.0 miles20
Ensley10.4 miles20

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 Q5176628The 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 1658327. 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.