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Jellico, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Big Valley census division. It lies near Negro Camp Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Jellico quadrangle. It stands 5,154 feet above sea level.

Jellico within Lassen County

Then and now

1886 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jellico, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Jellico, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Jellico between 1992 and 2020, burning about 241 acres in total. 66 started naturally. None was 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
Natural66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning2

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 2017Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestBUFFLEHEAD
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestFOUND
6 September 2017Natural1.3 acresLassen National ForestALCOHOL
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestSPRING
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestRIM
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestCAMP
4 September 2003Natural5.0 acresLassen National ForestCOBLE
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestHIDDEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lassen 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
Halls Flat6.4 miles27
Little Valley7.0 miles26
Dixie9.4 miles26
Nubieber18.3 miles21
Bieber20.6 miles21
Pumpkin Center20.8 miles21
Hayden Hill23.9 miles21
Leonard24.3 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.

Wikidata item Q6176847The 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 1658854. 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.