BlockCrow, California
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Portola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96105. It lies near Long Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Crocker Mountain quadrangle. It stands 5,522 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.
Then and now
1890 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 104 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
9 surveys from 25 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.
- 1890 USGS Sierraville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Sierraville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Sierraville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1950 USGS Portola quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Crocker Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Portola quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Crocker Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
97 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Crow (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 79 started naturally. 1 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 | 79 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | not named |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | DOTTA |
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | 25 |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | DUSK |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | MAHOGANY |
| 12 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | CLOVER |
| 1 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chases (historical) | 4.0 miles | 29 | |
| Lake Davis | 5.2 miles | 24 | |
| Gate Place | 6.7 miles | 29 | |
| Five Points | 8.2 miles | 29 | |
| Kerby (historical) | 8.5 miles | 24 | |
| Portola | 9.3 miles | 24 | |
| Beckwourth | 9.5 miles | 24 | |
| Delleker | 9.7 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 Q5189062 | 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 1701348. 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.