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Fletcher Place, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Alturas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96108. The Survey maps it on the Dead Horse Reservoir quadrangle. It stands 4,757 feet above sea level.

Fletcher Place within Modoc County

Then and now

1886 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fletcher Place, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Fletcher Place, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

54 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Fletcher Place between 1993 and 2019, burning about 8,787 acres in total. 53 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
Natural53
Debris and open burning1

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
8 September 1993Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestBSFMU
22 September 1999Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestBSFMU NORTH
22 September 1999Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestBSFMU RESERVOIR
22 September 1999Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestBSFMU DEAD
18 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreModoc National ForestFLETCHER
16 September 1995Natural110 acresModoc National ForestLOST (BSFMU)
9 August 2001Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestMCGINTY
7 August 2008Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestBSFMU 17

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Modoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fletcher Place: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Modoc 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
Davis Creek7.6 miles22
Mulkey Place11.0 miles22
Surprise Station12.0 miles22
Grizzlie Place13.1 miles22
Willow Ranch14.1 miles22
Daphnedale Park15.8 miles22
Lake City17.1 miles22
Alturas17.3 miles24

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 Q5458813The 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 260206. 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.