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Ensign, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the East Tehama census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96055. It stands on Thomes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vina quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ensign within Tehama County

Then and now

1904 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ensign (historical), surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Ensign (historical), surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

511 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 511 fires within 5 miles of Ensign (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,922 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined214
Equipment and vehicle use127
Debris and open burning88
Arson/incendiarism32
Smoking28
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeTORRES, L.
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTehama-Glenn UnitMAGNOLIA
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGRANT
7 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitKOFFORD. R.
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitSOUTH
6 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitACEVEDO, O.
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitTEHAMA
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitROMIANO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ensign (historical): 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Vina Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Doyle Pit #17Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fox's Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Piedmont Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thomes Creek Gravel BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tehama 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
Los Molinos2.5 miles26
Copeland2.5 miles18
Tehama3.4 miles26
Vina4.1 miles18
Richfield5.0 miles17
Loybas Hill5.5 miles18
El Camino5.9 miles26
Gerber5.9 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1670245. 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.