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Kenny, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Laytonville-Leggett census division. It lies near Jackass Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Bear Harbor quadrangle. It stands 1,601 feet above sea level.

Kenny within Mendocino County

Then and now

1950 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 47 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kenny, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Kenny, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Kenny between 1995 and 2013, burning about 5 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2013Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMendocino UnitROCK 5
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMendocino UnitHALE
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitUSAL
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 31
1 May 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreMendocino UnitTHORNE
24 October 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresMendocino UnitMOODY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kenny: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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
Usal Manganese DepositsManganeseOccurrence

Every working 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
Wheeler2.6 miles17
Andersonia6.2 miles16
Piercy6.3 miles16
Reynolds (historical)6.5 miles16
Lane Redwood Flat (historical)8.0 miles16
Riverdale8.3 miles13
Pratt Place9.4 miles13
Hales Grove9.5 miles14

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 Q6390942The 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 252710. 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.