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.
Then and now
1922 to 1982The 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 sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1922 USGS Korbel quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Blue Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Blue Lake quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Korbel quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Hayfork quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | WATER |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LIGHTENING SERIES 3 |
| 27 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BUTLER |
| 24 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CARTER LN EUREKA |
| 22 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | JACOBY |
| 20 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | FRESH |
| 20 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | BEAUCHAMP |
| 2 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | KNEELAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Location | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Black Creek Prospect | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Jacoby Creek Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Jacoby Creek Deposit | Limestone, General | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Jacoby Creek Deposit | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Haw Quarry | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | Heavy Rain | Kneeland | - | Heavy rain caused a rock slide across one lane of Freshwater Road near Kneeland. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Springs | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Freshwater | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Eddyville (historical) | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Freshwater Corners | 5.1 miles | 21 | |
| Indianola | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Bracut | 6.5 miles | 21 | |
| Maple Creek | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Bayside | 6.7 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.
| Wikipedia article on Kneeland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6421898 | 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 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.





