Favinger Place, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the East Tehama census division. It stands on Big Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Acorn Hollow quadrangle.
Then and now
1886 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 103 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
13 surveys from 28 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.
- 1886 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1935 USGS Paynes Creek quadrangle1:96000
- 1941 USGS Mineral quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Panther Spring quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Acorn Hollow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Lake Almanor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Favinger Place between 1993 and 2014, burning about 1,164 acres in total. 3 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 223 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | PFENDLER, P. |
| 27 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | MARIA #3 |
| 26 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | ROGERS |
| 22 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | TEHAMA |
| 28 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | LEWIS-W |
| 25 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Whiskeytown National Recreation Area | CRYSTAL 2 |
| 21 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | TYLER |
| 19 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | PORTER, R. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Favinger Place: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmichael Rock Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Reported Occurrences | Gold | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenmile (historical) | 2.3 miles | 28 | |
| Buena Vista | 5.9 miles | 31 | |
| Roberts Place | 6.4 miles | 31 | |
| Los Molinos | 6.7 miles | 26 | |
| Ensign (historical) | 6.8 miles | 18 | |
| Copeland | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Tehama | 7.8 miles | 26 | |
| Thompson Place | 8.0 miles | 28 |
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 Q122594256 | 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 1658528. 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.












