Harlow Place, California
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the East Shasta census division. It lies near Dickson Flat. The Survey maps it on the Pondosa quadrangle.
Then and now
1886 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 112 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
13 surveys from 25 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 Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava-Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1932 USGS Bartle quadrangle1:96000
- 1939 USGS Bartle quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Pondosa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS McArthur quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Pondosa quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Pondosa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Harlow Place between 1992 and 2017, burning about 31 acres in total. 25 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | CUTOFF |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | CASSEL |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | LIGHTNING #91 |
| 21 September 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | TED 1-2 |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | SQUAW |
| 14 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | FORT |
| 14 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | FORT#2 |
| 8 August 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | 1-26 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Harlow Place: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Gold | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obie | 2.6 miles | 25 | |
| Spalding Corner | 5.2 miles | 25 | |
| Cayton | 6.2 miles | 26 | |
| Dana | 6.4 miles | 26 | |
| Gomez | 11.4 miles | 26 | |
| Glenburn | 11.5 miles | 21 | |
| Four Corners | 14.8 miles | 28 | |
| Big Bend | 15.1 miles | 25 |
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 Q122562216 | 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 1658715. 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.












