BlockHarper, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Adin-Lookout census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96006. It stands on Dutch Flat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Adin quadrangle. It stands 4,219 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 Adin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Adin quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Adin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Harper between 1992 and 2019, burning about 914 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | LIGHTNING # 73 |
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern California District | WILL |
| 28 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | ROUND FIRE |
| 21 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northern California District | SURPRISE |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | NOT NAMED |
| 16 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | 3-15 ROUND |
| 14 September 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | POWER |
| 11 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | 3-15 ROUND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adin | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Dibble Place | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Lookout | 11.9 miles | 21 | |
| Canby | 16.1 miles | 22 | |
| Lookout Junction | 16.3 miles | 21 | |
| Old Hulbert Place | 16.7 miles | 21 | |
| Fletcher (historical) | 18.5 miles | 22 | |
| California Pines | 19.0 miles | 23 |
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 Harper | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5663334 | 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 276492. 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.