Karlo, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Madeline Plains census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96117. It lies near Vincent Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Karlo quadrangle. It stands 4,432 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Karlo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Karlo quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Karlo between 1992 and 2019, burning about 818 acres in total. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | 17 acres | Northern California District | R2 BUTTE WELL |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | R5 SHAFFER WELL |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | 34 acres | Northern California District | SNOWSTORM |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Northern California District | CARLO |
| 27 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | FRENCH |
| 8 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | STORM |
| 23 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | R10 CANYON |
| 22 August 2017 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Northern California District | R2 CARLO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Karlo in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2018: 1 flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2018 | Heavy Rain | Karlo | - | Mesonet station HLKC1, 13 miles south-southwest of Ravendale (5100 feet) reported 1.07 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 6 April 0640PST to 7 April 0640PST. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Karlo | - | The Secret Valley Rest area on Highway 395 was flooded, likely due to the overflow of a branch of Secret Creek. Highway 395 was closed between Wendel Road and Termo at around 2045PST on the 8th. The end time is approximate and based on the end of heavier rain on the 9th. Damages from this specific event are unknown, although a preliminary damage assessment (CALTRANS) for flood repairs to Highway 395 in January and February totaled $1.8M. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viewland | 8.5 miles | 20 | |
| The Crossing | 9.5 miles | 21 | |
| Horse Lake | 9.7 miles | 19 | |
| Belfast | 10.3 miles | 21 | |
| Litchfield | 12.2 miles | 21 | |
| Crest | 12.4 miles | 20 | |
| Shumway | 13.7 miles | 19 | |
| Standish | 14.0 miles | 21 |
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 Q6372528 | The 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 1658883. 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.










