Dyerville, California

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Garberville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95571. It stands on South Fork Eel River. The Survey maps it on the Weott quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dyerville within Humboldt County

Then and now

1921 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dyerville (historical), surveyed 1979

Topographic sheet of Dyerville (historical), surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1921 USGS Dyerville quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Weott quadrangle1:62500
1951 USGS Weott quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1969 USGS Weott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Garberville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Dyerville (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 12,377 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 3 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	55
Equipment and vehicle use	33
Natural	13
Debris and open burning	12
Recreation and ceremony	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Smoking	3
Arson/incendiarism	3
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
7 September 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	DYERVILLE
30 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	FOUNDERS
3 September 2017	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	THORTON
3 September 2003	Natural	11,036 acres	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	CANOE
3 September 2003	Natural	1.0 acres	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	WEBER CREEK
3 September 2003	Natural	1.0 acres	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	REDCREST 3
3 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	MT. BALDY
3 September 2003	Natural	1.0 acres	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	REDCREST 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

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 Dyerville (historical): 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Crimson	Copper	Occurrence
	Eel River Bar	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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
Englewood	2.9 miles	12
Burlington	3.4 miles	12
Redcrest	3.4 miles	12
Larabee	3.5 miles	12
Holmes	4.4 miles	12
McCann	5.2 miles	11
Bull Creek	5.5 miles	13
Shively	5.7 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 222791. 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.