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Jacinto, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Willows census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95943. The Survey maps it on the Glenn quadrangle. It stands 112 feet above sea level.

Jacinto within Glenn County

Then and now

1906 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jacinto, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Jacinto, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Jacinto between 1992 and 2020, burning about 604 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning19
Equipment and vehicle use18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
3 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeORD
28 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeRIVER
27 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use13 acresSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeRIVER RD.
25 September 1992Debris and open burning15 acresButte UnitLLANO SECO
23 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeLLANO13.4
2 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.2 acresSacramento River National Wildlife Refuge7-MILE
17 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife Refuge44-45
13 September 2009Natural1.0 acresButte UnitRIVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glenn County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jacinto: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Good EnoughGoldPast Producer
Lucky Star PlacerGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Glenn 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
Bayliss2.1 miles15
Ordbend3.4 miles15
Glenn4.1 miles15
Monroeville (historical)6.9 miles26
Rotavele7.1 miles15
Butte City8.1 miles23
Codora8.5 miles15
Bluegum9.9 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.

Wikipedia article on JacintoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6110777The 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 1658846. 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.