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Indian Springs, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Laytonville-Leggett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95429. It stands on Gamache Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dos Rios quadrangle. It stands 1,197 feet above sea level.

Indian Springs within Mendocino County

Then and now

1951 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Indian Springs, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Indian Springs, surveyed 1951

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 16 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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Indian Springs between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,226 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural12
Arson/incendiarism7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 105
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3334
29 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitCREEK
21 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictCANYON
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresNorthern California DistrictKNOB
13 September 2000Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitLIGHTNING #9
13 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNorthern California DistrictTEMPLIN
1 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use85 acresMendocino UnitSAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Indian Springs: 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Poonkinney QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cable Creek BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Earl W. Long ProspectManganeseProspect1918
Long, Earl W. Woodman Station, Happy Four Last ChanceManganeseProspectRhodochrosite
Rowlands Bar PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
Dos Rios1.6 miles16
Woodman2.7 miles15
Card Place5.4 miles15
Tatu5.4 miles16
Heath Place6.3 miles15
Nashmead6.5 miles15
Laytonville6.6 miles15
Covelo7.8 miles16

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 Q6021628The 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 1656090. 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.