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Eddyville, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95503. It lies near Cape Horn. The Survey maps it on the Arcata South quadrangle. It stands 36 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.

Eddyville within Humboldt County

Then and now

1922 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eddyville (historical), surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Eddyville (historical), surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Eddyville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 180 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined48
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitELK
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionWATER
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCUTTEN
5 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBEECHWOOD
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMCKAY
4 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHUNSINGER
3 September 2015Other causesunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBUTTERMILK LN BAYSIDE
28 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHUM20

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Eddyville (historical): 6 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Jacoby Creek DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Jacoby Creek DepositLimestone, GeneralProspectSedimentary
Jacoby Creek DepositLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Freshwater SloughClayOccurrence
Freshwater SloughClayProspect
Haw QuarryStoneOccurrence
QuarryStonePast Producer
Thompson Brick CoClayPast Producer
UnknownStoneOccurrence

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Freshwater Corners0.6 miles21
Freshwater1.5 miles21
Indianola2.2 miles21
The Springs2.5 miles21
Brainard2.8 miles21
Myrtletown2.9 miles19
Bracut3.2 miles21
Cutten3.6 miles19

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 Q5336714The 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 1665536. 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.