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Fouts Springs, California

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the West Colusa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95979. It lies near Moon Glade. The Survey maps it on the Fouts Springs quadrangle. It stands 1,713 feet above sea level.

Fouts Springs within Colusa County

Then and now

1951 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fouts Springs, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Fouts Springs, surveyed 1951

Compare 1951 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Fouts Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 54,857 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined13
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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
30 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMendocino National ForestSUMMIT
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestSNOW MOUNTIAN
27 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino National ForestHIGH ROCK
23 September 2006Recreation and ceremony4.8 acresMendocino National ForestSNOW
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMendocino National ForestGLADES
21 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino National ForestDIXIE
20 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino National ForestMILL
2 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino National ForestVISITOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colusa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Fouts Springs: 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Chromium. 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
Cyote ClaimChromium, ManganeseOccurrence
Moon Glade ProspectChromiumOccurrence
P & C ClaimsChromiumOccurrence
UnknownChromiumProducerChromite
Bickford PropertyManganeseProspect
Big Stoney Creek MineManganeseProspect1942
Big Stony CreekManganeseUnknown
Big Stony Creek RockridgeManganeseOccurrencePsilomelane
Black Diamond Manganese DepositManganeseProspect
Black Diamond Manganese MineManganeseProducer

Every working recorded in Colusa 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
Bonnie View2.3 miles12
Stonyford6.6 miles13
Lodoga10.0 miles12
Devils Elbow12.5 miles12
Leesville17.1 miles14
Sites17.6 miles18
Mills Orchards21.3 miles18
Lurline (historical)24.1 miles17

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 Fouts SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5476315The 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 1656032. 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.