BlockFair Oaks, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Willits census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95490. It lies near Muir Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Willits quadrangle. It stands 1,444 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1922 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1922 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1922 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Willits quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
251 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 251 fires within 5 miles of Fair Oaks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 472 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 14 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 | 94 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.6 acres | Mendocino Unit | SUMMIT |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | FANBLADE |
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | TULIP |
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | ROSE |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | LIGHTNING 91 |
| 3 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | ROMER |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Mendocino Unit | BLACKHAWK |
| 27 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | PONDEROSA PL BROOK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Fair Oaks: 8 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southard Ranch | Magnesite | Producer | Magnesite | |
| Ford Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Harris Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Willits Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| C A Haun and Son | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Knight Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1942 | |
| Longvale Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Longvale Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mrs. Knight Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite | |
| Skagg's Springs Deposit | Manganese | Producer |
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.
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 Q3770589 | The 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 1653023. 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.