Dinsmores, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Arcata census division. The Survey maps it on the Board Camp Mountain quadrangle.

Dinsmores within Humboldt County

Then and now

1914 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dinsmores, surveyed 1997

Topographic sheet of Dinsmores, surveyed 1914

Compare 1914 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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.

1914 USGS Pilot Creek quadrangle1:62500
1915 USGS Big Bar and Vicinity quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1951 USGS Pilot Creek quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1977 USGS Board Camp Mountain quadrangle1:24000
1977 USGS Board Camp Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Hayfork quadrangle1:100000
1997 USGS Board Camp Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Dinsmores between 1992 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 6 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
Natural	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Debris and open burning	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
3 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Six Rivers National Forest	BOARD CAMP
3 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	GREEN
25 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	SNOW # 2
25 September 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	SNOW
20 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Six Rivers National Forest	CATTLE
17 September 2000	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Six Rivers National Forest	MP 23
17 September 2000	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Six Rivers National Forest	BOARD
12 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	MAPLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Janes Place

Every fire recorded in Humboldt 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 Dinsmores: 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Riley Placer Mine	Gold	Unknown
	Unknown	Gold	Occurrence	Placer

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Janes Place	4.9 miles	19
Maple Creek	7.5 miles	15
Lone Star Junction	9.5 miles	12
Fernwood	11.9 miles	15
Yager Junction	12.7 miles	12
Kneeland	13.9 miles	14
Korbel	15.6 miles	14
Riverside	15.8 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658421. 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.