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Devils Elbow, California

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the West Colusa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95979. It lies near Uncles Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lodoga quadrangle. It stands 919 feet above sea level.

Devils Elbow within Colusa County

Then and now

1943 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Devils Elbow, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Devils Elbow, surveyed 1943

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Devils Elbow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,147 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
8 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitRIVERA, M
3 September 2003Natural10 acresNorthern California DistrictLADOGA LIGHTNING
3 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California District41
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMORALES
3 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use41 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSITES
21 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNorthern California DistrictSITES
19 September 2007Natural1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSITES LODOGA RD / STONE C
19 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSITES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colusa County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Devils Elbow: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium. 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
Unnamed LocationChromiumProspect

Every working recorded in Colusa 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
Lodoga4.4 miles12
Sites5.4 miles18
Stonyford6.4 miles13
Mills Orchards9.4 miles18
Leesville10.8 miles14
Fouts Springs12.5 miles13
Delevan12.6 miles15
Lurline (historical)13.0 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 Q5267396The 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 252793. 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.