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Crittendon, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hopland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95449. It lies near Bus McGall. The Survey maps it on the Yorkville quadrangle. It stands 646 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Crittendon within Mendocino County

Then and now

1938 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Crittendon (historical), surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Crittendon (historical), surveyed 1938

Compare 1938 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Crittendon (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 49,893 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Debris and open burning19
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino Unit101
5 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitHOUSE
3 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use15 acresMendocino UnitMCNAB
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitMIDDLE RANCH
29 September 2014Debris and open burning1.3 acresMendocino UnitRANCH 9
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMendocino UnitNELSON
21 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined62 acresMendocino UnitNELSON 3
20 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMendocino UnitCRAWFORD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Crittendon (historical): 12 occurrences, 5 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite. 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
C W Johnson ProspectClayUnknown
C. W. Johnson ProspectChromiumOccurrenceChromite
CallizoManganeseOccurrence
Callizo ProspectManganeseProspect1942
CrawfordChromiumOccurrenceChromite
CrawfordClayOccurrence
John L McnabbGraphiteOccurrence
John L. McnabbGraphiteOccurrence
ProspectsGraphiteOccurrence
Austin Ranch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
Largo3.2 miles17
Hopland3.7 miles18
Duncan Springs4.2 miles18
Old Hopland4.4 miles18
Rankin (historical)5.5 miles18
Dawes6.0 miles18
Nacomis Indian Rancheria6.5 miles18
El Roble6.5 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 Q5186929The 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 1653012. 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.