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Howard Springs, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Cobb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95461. It stands on Spikenard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whispering Pines quadrangle. It stands 2,165 feet above sea level.

Howard Springs 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 Howard Springs, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Howard Springs, surveyed 1945

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

310 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 310 fires within 5 miles of Howard Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84,280 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined116
Equipment and vehicle use78
Debris and open burning53
Arson/incendiarism21
Smoking16
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCDF KONOCTI CAMP KELSEYVI
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBIG CANYON RD / SEIGLER C
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPOINT
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitYOGI
4 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitOBSERVATION
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHOMAS
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSEIGLER
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionS HWY 29 / CLAYTON CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Howard Springs: 23 occurrences, 11 unknowns, 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Mercury, Manganese, Copper. 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
Copper PrinceCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerVein
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Seigler SpringsStoneUnknown
Unnamed LocationLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationTinOccurrence
Clear Lake Gem Mining Company Or & Near Perini HillGemstoneOccurrence
Clearlake Gem Mining CompanyGemstoneOccurrence
Red PitPumiceProducer
Roundtop Mtn QuarryPumiceProducer
Seigler SpringsStone, DimensionOccurrence

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
Bonanza Springs0.8 miles20
Ettawa Springs1.2 miles20
Seigler Springs1.3 miles20
Adams2.4 miles20
Loch Lomond2.4 miles20
Hobergs2.8 miles20
Salminas Resort3.1 miles21
Sunrise Vista3.5 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 Howard SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14682390The 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 1658789. 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.