Grizzlie Place, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Alturas census division. It lies near Island Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Beaver Mountain quadrangle. It stands 5,223 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 107 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
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1886 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS South Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Cedarville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Beaver Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Beaver Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Grizzlie Place between 1992 and 2019, burning about 68 acres in total. 62 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 62 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | MDF-651 |
| 2 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | WILLOWS |
| 17 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | MULKEY |
| 16 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | BSFMU |
| 16 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | FLETCHER |
| 13 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | FLECTHER |
| 13 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | SOUTH |
| 13 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | ENQUIST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Grizzlie Place: 17 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pits | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Borrow Pits | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulkey Place | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Fletcher Place | 13.1 miles | 22 | |
| Willow Ranch | 15.0 miles | 22 | |
| Fairport | 17.9 miles | 22 | |
| Davis Creek | 18.3 miles | 22 | |
| Surprise Station | 25.0 miles | 22 | |
| Fort Bidwell | 26.1 miles | 23 | |
| Daphnedale Park | 27.5 miles | 22 |
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 Q5609775 | 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 260902. 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.









