BlockEel Rock, California
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Garberville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95554. It stands on Coleman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blocksburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1949 USGS Blocksburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Blocksburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1969 USGS Blocksburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Garberville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Eel Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,351 acres in total. 11 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 | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | JIM |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | COLLINS |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 140 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | COLONY |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | SALMON |
| 6 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LARABEE |
| 4 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | EEL |
| 4 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | FISH |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | PERROT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Glen | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Smith (historical) | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Tanoak (historical) | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Brock Creek (historical) | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Whitlow | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Fruitland | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Blocksburg | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| McCann | 6.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 222998. 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.