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Kibesillah, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Laytonville-Leggett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95437. It stands on Kibesillah Creek. The Survey maps it on the Inglenook quadrangle. It stands 138 feet above sea level.

Kibesillah within Mendocino County

Then and now

1921 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kibesillah, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Kibesillah, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Kibesillah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,707 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2003Natural1.0 acresMendocino UnitLIGHTNING89
30 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictWEST
3 September 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMendocino UnitCARLSON
28 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitCAMP-2
14 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMendocino UnitPORT
12 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSUTLIFF
6 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino UnitSEASIDE CREEK BEACH INGLE
30 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitCAHTO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kibesillah: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Westport QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Baxman Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Second Crossing PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Newport0.9 miles17
Westport3.2 miles16
Inglenook4.3 miles17
DeHaven4.8 miles16
Cleone6.9 miles18
Union Landing7.6 miles16
Hardy8.5 miles16
Branscomb9.2 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.

Wikipedia article on KibesillahAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6404007The 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 252713. 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.