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Duncan Springs, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hopland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95449. It lies near Duncan Peak. The Survey maps it on the Hopland quadrangle. It stands 781 feet above sea level.

Duncan Springs within Mendocino County

Then and now

1938 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Duncan Springs, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Duncan Springs, surveyed 1938

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Duncan Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 406 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined49
Equipment and vehicle use40
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural2
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitHAMPTON
5 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitHOUSE
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitMIDDLE RANCH
28 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMendocino UnitHWY 101 MP 007.25 HOPLAND
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMendocino UnitQUARRY
20 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRANCHARIA
20 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMendocino UnitDEBRIS
20 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitPIETA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Duncan Springs: 13 occurrences, 10 producers, 3 prospects, 3 unknowns. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, 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
Mendocino Mining & Milling Co. Inc.Gold, Platinum, MercuryProducerStream Placer
CallizoManganeseOccurrence
Callizo ProspectManganeseProspect1942
John L McnabbGraphiteOccurrence
John L. McnabbGraphiteOccurrence
Mendocino Mining & Milling Co IncPlatinumOccurrence
C W Johnson ProspectClayUnknown
C. W. Johnson ProspectChromiumOccurrenceChromite
CrawfordChromiumOccurrenceChromite
CrawfordClayOccurrence

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
Hopland1.5 miles18
Rankin (historical)1.5 miles18
Old Hopland2.1 miles18
Dawes2.1 miles18
Pieta4.1 miles18
Crittendon (historical)4.2 miles16
Nacomis Indian Rancheria4.2 miles18
Largo4.8 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.

Wikipedia article on Duncan SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5314613The 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 1658446. 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.