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Dunlap Place, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Laytonville-Leggett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95454. It stands on Shell Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Iron Peak quadrangle. It stands 883 feet above sea level.

Dunlap Place within Mendocino County

Then and now

1920 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 61 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 Place, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Dunlap Place, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Dunlap Place between 1992 and 2018, burning about 319 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning5
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 59
25 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictNASH
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionREGISTER
19 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMendocino UnitIRON 3
10 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined27 acresMendocino UnitIRON 2
6 August 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictCORDREY
6 August 1999Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 1
11 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitSHELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Dunlap Place: 8 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Chromium, Clay. 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 LocationClayOccurrence
LloydChromiumOccurrenceChromite
UnknownChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Montezuma Improvement CoManganeseOccurrence
Montezuma Improvement Co.ManganeseOccurrence
Shell RockManganeseOccurrence
Spy Rock GuthrieManganeseOccurrence
Spy Rock ProspectManganeseProspect1916
UnknownManganeseOccurrence

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
River Garden (historical)0.9 miles15
Jim Leggett Place0.9 miles15
Reyes Place1.4 miles15
Ralph Leggett Place1.6 miles15
Spyrock1.7 miles15
Nashmead2.3 miles15
Heath Place3.4 miles15
Card Place3.5 miles15

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 Q5315418The 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 1658448. 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.