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Irmulco, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Willits census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95490. It stands on Olds Creek. The Survey maps it on the Northspur quadrangle. It stands 436 feet above sea level.

Irmulco within Mendocino County

Then and now

1920 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Irmulco, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Irmulco, surveyed 1920

Compare 1920 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Irmulco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 331 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
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
8 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino UnitROAD
3 September 2003Natural12 acresMendocino UnitLIGHTNING #13
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitLIGHTNING 54
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitLIGHTNING 80
22 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitSPURR
21 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitREYNOLDS
18 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMendocino UnitSKUNK
16 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMendocino UnitJAMES 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Storms near this place

4 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Irmulco in 4 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 4 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2024Heavy RainIrmulco$3,500Highway 20 covered with mud and rocks 7 miles northeast of Comptche, CA.|LAT. 39.35N, LONG. -123.51W.
March 2024Heavy RainIrmulco$1,100Law enforcement reporting trees and rocks across roadway 8 miles west southwest of Willits, CA. LAT. 39.37N, LONG. -123.50W.
February 2025Heavy RainIrmulco$400Mudslide reported on hwy 20, 8 miles west southwest of Willits, CA.|Lat. 39.37N, Long. -123.50W.
December 2025Heavy RainIrmulco-A landslide, including a tree, blocked Highway 20 west of Willits at the Three Chop Road intersection.

Every storm 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
Northspur1.8 miles14
Shake City2.7 miles15
Alpine3.6 miles14
Wanhala3.7 miles14
Marble Place3.8 miles14
Burbeck4.0 miles15
Soda Springs4.4 miles15
Clare Mill4.8 miles15

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 IrmulcoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14682484The 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 1658833. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.