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Guenoc, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Middletown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95461. It stands on Gallagher Creek. The Survey maps it on the Middletown quadrangle. It stands 968 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Guenoc within Lake County

Then and now

1945 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Guenoc (historical), surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Guenoc (historical), surveyed 1945

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

346 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 346 fires within 5 miles of Guenoc (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30,621 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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
Equipment and vehicle use130
Missing data/not specified/undetermined118
Debris and open burning29
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Smoking20
Arson/incendiarism10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2

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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGREEN
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHARTMAN
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitDOUGLAS
9 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCRIM
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCENTRAL
7 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitNOYSE
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRAVIN
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKNOWLES LN MIDDLETOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Guenoc (historical): 6 producers, 6 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Mercury, Gold. 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
Placer Realty Corp. PropertyGold, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectAsbestosUnknown
UnknownMercuryOccurrence
Unnamed LocationMercuryOccurrence
Coppey ClaimeChromiumUnknown
Emmet JonesChromiumOccurrence
Mastick Ranch DepositChromiumOccurrence
Mastick Ranch DepositsChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Camp and Yates GraveSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Ellen Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Hidden Valley Lake1.4 miles19
Middletown3.6 miles19
Harbin Springs4.8 miles20
Harbin Springs Annex5.1 miles20
Mirabel (historical)6.4 miles24
Twin Lakes7.1 miles22
Howard Springs7.5 miles20
Whispering Pines8.0 miles20

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 Guenoc (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5614824The 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 1766193. 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.