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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.

Greenwood within Glenn County

Then and now

1906 to 1987

The 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 sheet of Greenwood, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Greenwood, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

7 since 1992

Regional 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 use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTehama-Glenn UnitTRAVEL
8 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitSHUMAN, K
30 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitORLAND ASSIST
26 June 1993Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTehama-Glenn UnitMEADOW
16 June 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSacramento National Wildlife RefugeSWR-SAC-AIRPORT-ASSIST
24 May 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitMALLARD
13 May 1992Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitHOFMAN,C

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glenn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chico PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kaiser PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Orland Sand and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Glenn 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
Grapit1.0 miles16
Orland3.5 miles16
Meadowood Estates3.9 miles18
Wyo5.1 miles18
Artois5.3 miles16
Cory5.5 miles18
Malton (historical)6.9 miles18
Bluegum7.8 miles16

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 Q5604935The 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.