BlockFiddlers Green, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Orland census division. It lies near Bear Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Alder Springs quadrangle. It stands 2,254 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1919 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1919 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.
- 1919 USGS Elk Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Elk Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Elk Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Alder Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1987 USGS Willows quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Alder Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Fiddlers Green between 1992 and 2020, burning about 589,922 acres in total. 17 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2003 | Natural | 42 acres | Mendocino National Forest | BROCK |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 139 acres | Mendocino National Forest | ICE |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 33 acres | Mendocino National Forest | MANZANITA SPRINGS |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 110 acres | Mendocino National Forest | HARDIN |
| 10 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | HARDIN |
| 21 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | SALE |
| 17 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | SHEPHARD 2 |
| 16 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Mendocino National Forest | JUNCTION |
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 Fiddlers Green: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Buttes | Copper | Occurrence | Cuprite | |
| Grey Eagle Mine | Chromium | Past 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reynolds Place (historical) | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Copper City | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lone Star | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Alder Springs | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Jenks Place | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Meyers Place | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Chrome | 8.8 miles | 16 | |
| Dogtown | 9.7 miles | 15 |
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 Q5446702 | 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 1658535. 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.