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Farley, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Laytonville-Leggett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95454. It stands on Bloody Run Creek. The Survey maps it on the Willis Ridge quadrangle. It stands 1,073 feet above sea level.

Farley within Mendocino County

Then and now

1951 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Farley, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Farley, surveyed 1951

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Farley between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,637 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 12 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
Equipment and vehicle use27
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Natural7
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3334
4 September 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIOS
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitLIGHTNING #61
3 September 2003Natural1.2 acresMendocino UnitLIGHTNING # 73
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitLIGHTNING 79
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitPOONKENY RD
3 September 2003Natural55 acresMendocino UnitLIGHTNING #52
29 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitCREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Farley: 9 occurrences, 7 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone, Stone. 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
Hell's Half Acre QuarryStoneProducer
Reported OccurrenceGemstoneOccurrenceDeerite, Howieite, Zussmanite
Reported OccurrenceGemstoneOccurrence
Bielenberg BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eel River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Legal Bridge BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Outlet Creek BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
GrahamManganeseOccurrence
Graham ProspectManganeseOccurrence1942
RoseManganeseProducerPsilomelane, Pyrolusite

Every working recorded in Mendocino County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farley in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 3 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 RainFarley$2,000,000Culvert failure and slipouts from mile post 16 to 23 on Highway 162.
March 2024Heavy RainFarley$1,100Landslide reported by law enforcement 6 miles south of Dos Rios, CA.|LAT. 39.64N, LONG. -123.34W.
January 2023Heavy RainFarley-Heavy rain caused rocks to fall across roadway.

Every storm 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
Tatu3.2 miles16
Longvale5.3 miles14
Arnold6.8 miles14
Dos Rios7.1 miles16
Laytonville8.0 miles15
Indian Springs8.2 miles16
Sylvandale (historical)9.2 miles15
Rowes (historical)9.5 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 Q5435424The 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 1658525. 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.