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Derner, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Alturas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96116. The Survey maps it on the Infernal Caverns quadrangle. It stands 4,377 feet above sea level.

Derner within Modoc County

Then and now

1886 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Derner, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Derner, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Derner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,853 acres in total. 30 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
Natural30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism1
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
9 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIKELY 3
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresNorthern California DistrictLIKELY 2
22 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictLYNETTA
17 September 2020Recreation and ceremony1.9 acresNorthern California DistrictJUNIPER
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresLassen-Modoc Unit4-15 BEET
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresLassen-Modoc Unit4-13 ROCKY
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresLassen-Modoc Unit4-12 POWER
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresLassen-Modoc Unit4-14 PRAIRIE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Modoc 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
McGarva0.8 miles23
Christensen1.3 miles23
Bayley (historical)1.4 miles23
McArthur2.6 miles23
Williams3.0 miles23
Ramsey3.0 miles23
Bormister4.1 miles23
Vestil4.3 miles22

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 Q5262873The 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 276608. 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.