BlockDay, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Adin-Lookout census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96056. The Survey maps it on the Day quadrangle. It stands 3,645 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 109 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
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1886 USGS Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava-Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Fall River Mills quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS McArthur quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Day quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Day quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Day between 1992 and 2018, burning about 13,703 acres in total. 39 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 | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | DAY RD / GOOCH MILL RD |
| 23 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | DAY |
| 23 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | PETE |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | ADOBE/ LIGHT #31 |
| 15 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | LIGHTING FIRE 78 |
| 12 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | 3-21 CANYON |
| 8 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | LGT 23 |
| 4 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.1 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | DAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Day: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Horse | 7.0 miles | 22 | |
| Lookout Junction | 8.1 miles | 21 | |
| Demuth | 10.4 miles | 21 | |
| Lookout | 11.6 miles | 21 | |
| Scarface | 14.4 miles | 21 | |
| Hollenbeck (historical) | 17.9 miles | 21 | |
| Adin | 22.8 miles | 22 | |
| Old Hulbert Place | 23.1 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Day | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5242757 | 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 259102. 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.