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Englewood, 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 95569. It stands on Chris Creek. The Survey maps it on the Redcrest quadrangle. It stands 364 feet above sea level.

Englewood 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 Englewood, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Englewood, 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.

Fires near this place

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Englewood between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,529 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined47
Equipment and vehicle use22
Debris and open burning16
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitDYERVILLE
30 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFOUNDERS
3 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionTHORTON
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitWEBER CREEK
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitREDCREST 3
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMT. BALDY
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitREDCREST 2
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitREDCREST 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Englewood: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Eel River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Englewood in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2017Heavy RainEnglewood$5,000,000Landslide and slipout along Highway 101 near Redcrest.

Every storm 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
Redcrest0.6 miles12
Larabee0.8 miles12
Holmes1.5 miles12
Shively2.9 miles12
Dyerville (historical)2.9 miles12
Pepperwood4.4 miles12
Elinor (historical)5.5 miles12
Bull Creek6.3 miles13

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.

Wikipedia article on EnglewoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5378113The 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 252672. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.