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Kneeland, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Arcata census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95549. The Survey maps it on the Korbel quadrangle. It stands 2,129 feet above sea level.

Kneeland within Humboldt County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

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 Kneeland, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Kneeland, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Kneeland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 97 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionWATER
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLIGHTENING SERIES 3
27 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBUTLER
24 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCARTER LN EUREKA
22 September 1995Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitJACOBY
20 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFRESH
20 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBEAUCHAMP
2 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitKNEELAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Kneeland: 8 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Manganese, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Unnamed LocationStone, DimensionUnknown
Black Creek ProspectManganeseUnknown
Jacoby Creek DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Jacoby Creek DepositLimestone, GeneralProspectSedimentary
Jacoby Creek DepositLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
UnknownManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed LocationLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Haw QuarryStoneOccurrence
QuarryStonePast Producer
UnknownStoneOccurrence

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kneeland in 1 storm report in 2022: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2022Heavy RainKneeland-Heavy rain caused a rock slide across one lane of Freshwater Road near Kneeland.

Every storm recorded in Humboldt 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
The Springs3.4 miles21
Freshwater3.5 miles21
Eddyville (historical)4.5 miles21
Freshwater Corners5.1 miles21
Indianola5.9 miles21
Bracut6.5 miles21
Maple Creek6.7 miles15
Bayside6.7 miles21

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 KneelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6421898The 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 226647. 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.