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Highland Springs, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Kelseyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95451. It stands on Highland Creek. The Survey maps it on the Highland Springs quadrangle. It stands 1,483 feet above sea level.

Highland Springs within Lake County

Then and now

1921 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Highland Springs, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Highland Springs, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Highland Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 998 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use35
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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 1995Smoking2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKELSEYVILLE
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBELL
30 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresNorthern California DistrictOASIS
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionKELSEY
28 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGHLAND
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRENFRO
27 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Highland Springs: 9 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Stone, 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
Auschwitz PropertySulfurOccurrence
Gunn ClaimChromiumPast Producer
PletsCopperOccurrence
Unnamed LocationMercuryUnknown
T -B-M ProspectGoldOccurrence
T-B-M ProspectGoldUnknown
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrence
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrence
Old Dough ClaimManganeseOccurrence
OverlookManganeseOccurrence

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
Kelseyville4.6 miles20
Finley4.9 miles22
Kaci-badon (historical)7.1 miles22
Lakeport7.3 miles22
Soda Bay7.6 miles21
Caldwell Pines8.2 miles18
Glenview8.2 miles20
Riviera Estates9.1 miles21

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 Highland SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5759132The 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 1658749. 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.