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DeHaven, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Laytonville-Leggett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95488. It stands on DeHaven Creek. The Survey maps it on the Westport quadrangle. It stands 46 feet above sea level.

DeHaven within Mendocino County

Then and now

1921 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of DeHaven, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of DeHaven, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of DeHaven between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,173 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning4
Natural4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
5 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitROCKPORT
4 September 2003Natural1.0 acresMendocino UnitLIGHTNING89
22 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresMendocino UnitHIGH IC
14 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMendocino UnitPORT
30 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitCAHTO
28 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMendocino UnitSTAR
25 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionWESTPORT BEACH RV AND CAM
22 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitWAGES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of DeHaven: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Ten Mile River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Westport QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
Westport1.7 miles16
Union Landing2.8 miles16
Hardy3.7 miles16
Kibesillah4.8 miles17
Rockport5.7 miles16
Newport5.7 miles17
Branscomb8.5 miles14
Inglenook9.1 miles17

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 Q5243919The 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 1658380. 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.