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.
Then and now
1886 to 1995The 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.


Compare 1886 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 27 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
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Manton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Finley Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Lake Almanor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Finley Butte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | 1-2 |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | LIGHTNING 1-2 |
| 27 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,100 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | PONDEROSA |
| 26 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | EXPLORER |
| 25 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | PONDEROSA |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | TINCHER,W |
| 2 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | SKY |
| 12 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Northern California District | TGU PONDEROSA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dantuma Place | 0.4 miles | 27 | |
| Lyman Springs | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Marian Place | 1.9 miles | 27 | |
| McClure Place | 2.5 miles | 27 | |
| Lyonsville | 3.1 miles | 27 | |
| McKenzie Place | 5.8 miles | 27 | |
| Peligreen Place | 5.8 miles | 28 | |
| Payne Place | 6.1 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 Q122559490 | 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 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.













