Greenwood, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Orland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95963. The Survey maps it on the Orland quadrangle. It stands 230 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1906 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1906 USGS Willows quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1914 USGS Orland quadrangle1:31680
- 1951 USGS Orland quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Willows quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Willows quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood between 1992 and 2019, burning about 33 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | TRAVEL |
| 8 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | SHUMAN, K |
| 30 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | ORLAND ASSIST |
| 26 June 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | MEADOW |
| 16 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge | SWR-SAC-AIRPORT-ASSIST |
| 24 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | MALLARD |
| 13 May 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | HOFMAN,C |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Greenwood: 8 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 8 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chico Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Kaiser Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Orland Sand and Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grapit | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Orland | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Meadowood Estates | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Wyo | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Artois | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Cory | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Malton (historical) | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Bluegum | 7.8 miles | 16 |
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 Q5604935 | The 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 1658667. 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.






