Dunlap, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1991. It lies in ZIP code area 95490. It stands on Chamberlain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Comptche quadrangle. It stands 351 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dunlap within Mendocino County

Then and now

1920 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dunlap (historical), surveyed 1991

Topographic sheet of Dunlap (historical), surveyed 1920

Compare 1920 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1920 USGS Glenblair quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Glenblair quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Comptche quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1991 USGS Comptche quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Dunlap (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined	12
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Natural	4
Debris and open burning	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Recreation and ceremony	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	12 acres	Mendocino Unit	LIGHTNING #13
3 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Mendocino Unit	LIGHTNING 54
16 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Mendocino Unit	JAMES 3
12 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Mendocino Unit	CAMERON
5 August 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Mendocino Unit	DUNLAP
27 August 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Mendocino Unit	SPRING 2
21 August 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	CREEK
21 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Mendocino Unit	SURPRISE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Northspur	4.9 miles	14
Irmulco	5.2 miles	14
Cameron	5.4 miles	14
Alpine	6.1 miles	14
Whiskey Springs	6.1 miles	14
Comptche	6.3 miles	14
Melbourne	7.0 miles	14
Shake City	7.1 miles	15

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 Q5315403

The 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 1653018. 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.