Kirkwood, California
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1987. It lies in ZIP code area 96021. It stands on Moore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kirkwood quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 83 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
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1904 USGS Vina quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1914 USGS Kirkwood quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Kirkwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Kirkwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Corning quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Willows quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
170 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Kirkwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,337 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 80 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 20 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | 4-13 |
| 3 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | FREEWAY. |
| 29 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | JACOB, H. |
| 28 September 1993 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | TOWERS |
| 26 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | HULTENSCHMIDT |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | LIBERAL/T12 |
| 24 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | GAY |
| 23 September 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | FREEWAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kirkwood: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirkwood in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2014 | Flood | Kirkwood | - | County Roads DD, E, FF, and G had closures due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malton (historical) | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Capay | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Cory | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Wyo | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Meadowood Estates | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Orland | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| Mills Orchard | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hamilton City | 11.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658909. 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.
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.







