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Forest Lake, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Cobb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95426. It stands on Jones Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whispering Pines quadrangle. It stands 2,631 feet above sea level.

Forest Lake within Lake County

Then and now

1945 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Forest Lake, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Forest Lake, surveyed 1945

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

221 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Forest Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 166,719 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined83
Equipment and vehicle use55
Debris and open burning40
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking7
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBIG CANYON RD / SEIGLER C
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitYOGI
4 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitOBSERVATION
3 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLOCH LOMOND
3 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined12,525 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGEYSERS
27 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitAIRSTRIP
27 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGH
26 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitFOX DR COBB 5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 87 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 87 workings within 5 miles of Forest Lake: 42 occurrences, 24 unknowns, 11 past producers, 5 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Manganese, Chromium, Copper. 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
Copper PrinceCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerVein
Kims Yard IiClayProducer
Unnamed LocationTinOccurrence
Black RanchLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Clear Lake Gem Mining Company Or & Near Perini HillGemstoneOccurrence
Clearlake Gem Mining CompanyGemstoneOccurrence
QuarryStoneOccurrence
Seigler SpringsStoneUnknown
Unnamed LocationLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Seigler SpringsStone, DimensionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Cobb0.4 miles20
Whispering Pines0.4 miles20
Pine Grove1.0 miles20
Hobergs1.8 miles20
Ettawa Springs2.6 miles20
Adams2.6 miles20
Loch Lomond3.1 miles20
Glenbrook3.2 miles18

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 Forest LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5468998The 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 1658561. 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.