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Dawson Place, California

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the West Tehama census division. It lies near Tatham Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Riley Ridge quadrangle.

Dawson Place within Tehama County

Then and now

1952 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dawson Place, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Dawson Place, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

38 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Dawson Place between 1995 and 2020, burning about 23,474 acres in total. 20 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
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning2
Firearms and explosives use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitBLACKBURN
4 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreMendocino National ForestTHREE PRONG
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestRILEY 2
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresTehama-Glenn Unit4-30
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestRILEY RIDGE
21 September 2013Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestPATTON FIRE
7 August 2009Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestHOWELL
6 August 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino National ForestTATHAM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama 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 Dawson Place: 3 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them 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
Calaveri-ThurstonManganeseUnknown
CavaleriManganeseOccurrence
Cavaleri ProspectManganeseProspect1918
LockwoodManganeseOccurrence
Lockwood ProspectManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Tehama 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
Mitchell Place2.5 miles13
Steuben Place3.4 miles13
Peterson Place4.3 miles16
Griffin Place5.2 miles16
Pellow Place5.5 miles13
Whitlock Place6.1 miles12
Copple Place7.2 miles21
Wilder Place7.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658379. 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.