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K Flourney, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Alturas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96116. It lies near Montgomery Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Likely quadrangle. It stands 4,416 feet above sea level.

K Flourney within Modoc County

Then and now

1886 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of K Flourney, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of K Flourney, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of K Flourney between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,740 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 3 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
Natural35
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
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 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresNorthern California DistrictLIKELY 2
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLINE
14 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern California DistrictDUMP
12 September 2017Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictW3 TUSCARORA
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLassen-Modoc Unit4-11 LIKELY
9 August 2001Natural3.0 acresNorthern California DistrictLIKELY
9 August 2001Naturalunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitLGT#52
6 August 2014Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictPILE W1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Modoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of K Flourney: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Peat, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Jeffery & AssociatesPeatProducer
Jeffery & AssociatesPeatProducer

Every working recorded in Modoc 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
R Flourney0.9 miles22
D Flourney1.2 miles22
Likely1.5 miles22
Vestil1.7 miles22
Williams2.8 miles23
Kauffman3.5 miles24
Ramsey4.2 miles23
Christensen4.4 miles23

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 Q6342883The 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 276495. 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.