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Finley Place, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Tehama census division. It lies near Plum Creek Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Finley Butte quadrangle.

Finley Place within Tehama County

Then and now

1886 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Finley Place, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Finley Place, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 27 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Finley Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,315 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 3 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
Natural26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use13
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreTehama-Glenn Unit1-2
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitLIGHTNING 1-2
27 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1,100 acresTehama-Glenn UnitPONDEROSA
26 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitEXPLORER
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitPONDEROSA
22 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitTINCHER,W
2 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresTehama-Glenn UnitSKY
12 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresNorthern California DistrictTGU PONDEROSA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama 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
Dantuma Place0.4 miles27
Lyman Springs1.7 miles27
Marian Place1.9 miles27
McClure Place2.5 miles27
Lyonsville3.1 miles27
McKenzie Place5.8 miles27
Peligreen Place5.8 miles28
Payne Place6.1 miles28

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 Q122559490The 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 1656015. 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.