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De Sabla, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Paradise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95954. The Survey maps it on the Paradise East quadrangle. It stands 2,762 feet above sea level.

De Sabla within Butte County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of De Sabla, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of De Sabla, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

603 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 603 fires within 5 miles of De Sabla between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,862 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 101 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined177
Debris and open burning104
Arson/incendiarism101
Equipment and vehicle use100
Misuse of fire by a minor44
Natural27
Recreation and ceremony16
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Smoking14
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
9 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresNorthern California DistrictNIMSHEW
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3610
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictRAMBLING
8 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNorthern California DistrictSTEIFFER
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictCARNEGIE
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthern California DistrictPINES
6 September 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresButte UnitSKYWAY / LOVELOCK RD
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresButte UnitDOGTOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 107 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 107 workings within 5 miles of De Sabla: 42 past producers, 33 unknowns, 28 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Anti-Axis ClaimChromium, IronPast Producer1942, 1943
NimshewGold, PlatinumProducer1848
Silver MoonGold, Copper, ManganesePast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Wyoming MineGold, CopperPast ProducerGold, Limonite
Chico OcherMineral PigmentsOccurrenceMineral Paint
Ochre No. 1 and Ochre No. 2Mineral PigmentsOccurrenceMineral Paint
Chico OcherStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mickey DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Ochre No 1 and Ochre No 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Butte 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
DeSabla0.5 miles24
Toadtown1.5 miles25
Nimshew2.2 miles24
Lovelock2.2 miles25
Paradise Pines3.2 miles24
Forest Ranch3.2 miles27
Dodge Place4.1 miles27
Powellton4.3 miles25

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 De SablaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5244074The 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 1802907. 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.