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Dos Rios, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Laytonville-Leggett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95429. It stands on Middle Fork Eel River. The Survey maps it on the Dos Rios quadrangle. It stands 961 feet above sea level.

Dos Rios within Mendocino County

Then and now

1951 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dos Rios, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Dos Rios, surveyed 1951

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Dos Rios between 1992 and 2018, burning about 3,166 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined20
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
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
7 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 105
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3334
5 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresRound Valley Indian TribesDAVIS
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitLIGHTNING 79
3 September 2003Natural5.0 acresMendocino UnitLIGHTNING 85
29 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitCREEK
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresNorthern California DistrictKNOB
13 September 2000Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitLIGHTNING #9

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 Dos Rios: 4 producers, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Diamond H. Ranck QuarryStoneProducer
Poonkinney QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cable Creek BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Earl W. Long ProspectManganeseProspect1918
Long, Earl W. Woodman Station, Happy Four Last ChanceManganeseProspectRhodochrosite
Rowlands Bar PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mendocino County

Storms near this place

4 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dos Rios in 4 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 4 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2024Heavy RainDos Rios$3,500Landslide across both lanes 3 miles east southeast of Dos Rios, CA.|LAT. 39.71N, LONG. -123.31W.
December 2025Heavy RainDos Rios-Rocks reported to be in both lanes of Highway 162 between Laytonville and Covelo.
February 2024Heavy RainDos Rios-Mudslide completely blocking Highway 162 southwest of Covelo.
January 2023Heavy RainDos Rios-An earth slide occurred across HWY 162 due to heavy rain.

Every storm 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
Indian Springs1.6 miles16
Tatu4.1 miles16
Woodman4.2 miles15
Card Place6.9 miles15
Farley7.1 miles15
Laytonville7.1 miles15
Heath Place7.5 miles15
Covelo7.7 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on Dos RiosAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5299206The 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 222531. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.