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Gallaway, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Point Arena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95468. It stands on Galloway Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saunders Reef quadrangle. It stands 89 feet above sea level.

Gallaway within Mendocino County

Then and now

1943 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gallaway, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Gallaway, surveyed 1943

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Gallaway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use21
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California AgencyPT.ARENA
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitWINDY
7 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California AgencyWNDY
28 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresMendocino UnitBIA #9
25 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMendocino UnitFISH
24 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMendocino UnitHAVENS
23 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California AgencyBIA #25
2 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictMINER

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 Gallaway: 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
Garcia River BarSand 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
Signal Port (historical)3.4 miles19
Point Arena3.5 miles19
Iverson Indian Rancheria4.9 miles19
Flumeville5.1 miles19
Fish Rock5.7 miles19
Stronetta (historical)6.0 miles19
Anchor Bay6.1 miles19
Manchester7.2 miles19

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 Q5518901The 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 1653032. 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.