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El Roble, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ukiah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95482. It stands on Howell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elledge Peak quadrangle. It stands 564 feet above sea level.

El Roble 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 El Roble, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of El Roble, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

302 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 302 fires within 5 miles of El Roble between 1992 and 2020, burning about 50,378 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined123
Equipment and vehicle use58
Debris and open burning44
Arson/incendiarism40
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural10
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMendocino UnitVICHY
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitBURKE HILL DR /S HWY 101
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino Unit101
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMendocino UnitBURKE
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMendocino UnitGUN
6 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMendocino UnitAHUV - STHH 2
30 September 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMendocino UnitSAUNDERS
3 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use15 acresMendocino UnitMCNAB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of El Roble: 5 producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, 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
GibsonStone, DimensionUnknown
Graham GroupChromiumProducerChromite
ProspectsGraphiteOccurrence
Boy EdgarGoldOccurrenceVein
Boy EdgarGoldUnknown
Graham GroupClayProspect
MooreClayOccurrence
Red MountainCopperPast Producer1890
Red MountainCopperOccurrence
Austin Ranch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Ukiah Rancheria1.1 miles17
Talmage3.1 miles15
Asylum3.2 miles15
Rogina Heights4.1 miles15
Ukiah4.4 miles15
Largo5.4 miles17
Vichy Springs5.5 miles15
Presswood5.6 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 Q285703The 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 1655990. 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.