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Delmonico Place, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Covelo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95428. It lies near Table Rock. The Survey maps it on the Mina quadrangle. It stands 2,375 feet above sea level.

Delmonico Place within Mendocino County

Then and now

1920 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Delmonico Place, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Delmonico Place, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Delmonico Place between 1992 and 2018, burning about 479 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined12
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMendocino UnitSUMMIT
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestLONG 2
3 September 2003Natural2.0 acresSix Rivers National ForestLONG 1
28 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitZENIA
24 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitBUCK
6 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitMINA
30 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use40 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMINA
26 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresMendocino UnitMINA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Delmonico Place: 3 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
F J Long ProspectManganeseProspect1918
F. J. LongManganeseProspect
Red CliffManganeseOccurrence
Red Cliff ProspectManganeseOccurrenceRhodochrosite
Red Cliff ProspectManganeseProspect1918

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
Mina2.2 miles14
Sunnyside (historical)6.6 miles18
Ramsey6.8 miles15
Ralph Leggett Place9.2 miles15
Jim Leggett Place9.5 miles15
Spyrock9.5 miles15
Reyes Place10.1 miles15
Dunlap Place10.3 miles15

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 Q5254292The 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 1658406. 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.