BlockEttersburg, California
16 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 95542. It stands on French Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ettersburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1921 to 1979The 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 sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1921 USGS Briceland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Garberville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Garberville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1969 USGS Ettersburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Garberville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Ettersburg between 1992 and 2019, burning about 14,317 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 16 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ETTERSBURG |
| 6 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | DINNER |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | HUU PARA |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | HUU 12 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Northern California District | HUU 11 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 226 acres | Northern California District | HUU 10 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | HUU TRAIL |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | FOX 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ettersburg in 1 storm report in 2016: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2016 | Heavy Rain | Ettersburg | $1,000,000 | A retaining foundation failed due to heavy rain along Wilder Ridge Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Place | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Scott Place | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Thorn Junction | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Briceland | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Westlund Place | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Whitethorn | 8.4 miles | 17 | |
| Shelter Cove | 8.5 miles | 16 | |
| Redway | 9.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252673. 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.
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.