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Crocker Place, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1996. It stands on Crocker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sanhedrin Mountain quadrangle. It stands 2,608 feet above sea level.

Crocker Place within Lake County

Then and now

1929 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Crocker Place, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Crocker Place, surveyed 1929

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

28 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Crocker Place between 1995 and 2015, burning about 1,982 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 12 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
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural12
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestCROCKER
25 September 2005Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictPASTURE
2 September 1998Arson/incendiarism38 acresMendocino National ForestGARCIA 4
2 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMendocino National ForestGARCIA 2
2 September 1998Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresMendocino National ForestGARCIA 3
2 September 1998Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresMendocino National ForestGARCIA 1
7 August 1999Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 5
5 August 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMendocino National ForestTRACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Crocker Place: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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
Consolidated Black Lesses Big Jim, Love IndianManganeseProducerPsilomelane
Consolidated ClaimsManganeseProspect1917
Impassable RockManganeseOccurrenceRhodochrosite
Impassable Rock DepositManganeseProspect1942
Rhodochrosite ClaimsManganeseUnknown

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Four Pines4.3 miles18
Rice Fork Summer Homes12.2 miles17
Enterprise14.5 miles17
Three Crossing18.0 miles17
Howard Mill (historical)18.4 miles17
Parramore Springs19.2 miles17
Vann21.6 miles17
Cooper23.4 miles14

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 Q5187328The 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 1658351. 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.