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Fish Rock, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Point Arena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95445. It lies near Ferguson Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Gualala quadrangle. It stands 171 feet above sea level.

Fish Rock within Mendocino County

Then and now

1943 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 55 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fish Rock, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Fish Rock, surveyed 1943

Compare 1943 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Fish Rock between 1992 and 2019, burning about 118 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2

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
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitGREEN
30 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresNorthern California DistrictWHALE
3 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMOONRISE DR GUALALA
25 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMendocino UnitFISH
24 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMendocino UnitHAVENS
23 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitCHEWNING
21 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionTREATMENT
21 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fish Rock: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gualala AggregatesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Anchor Bay0.4 miles19
Signal Port (historical)2.3 miles19
Gualala4.1 miles19
Gallaway5.7 miles17
Old Red Rock Place7.6 miles15
Point Arena9.2 miles19
Iverson Indian Rancheria10.4 miles19
Little Penny10.6 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.

Wikipedia article on Fish RockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5454573The 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 1658539. 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.