BlockLaird Landing, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Butte Valley census division. It lies near Big Tableland. The Survey maps it on the Mount Dome quadrangle.
Then and now
1886 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 107 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
12 surveys from 26 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.
- 1886 USGS Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava-Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Mt Dome quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Mt. Dome quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Tulelake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mount Dome quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Mount Dome quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Laird Landing between 1996 and 2019, burning about 10,243 acres in total. 10 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | DOME |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | BROWNELL |
| 27 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge | LKR HEADQUARTERS |
| 7 August 2017 | Natural | 250 acres | Modoc National Forest | CHALK |
| 7 August 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Siskiyou Unit | DOME1 |
| 4 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9,700 acres | Modoc National Forest | REFUGE |
| 31 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Siskiyou Unit | HOLSHAUSER |
| 24 August 1999 | Natural | 225 acres | Northern California District | SKU DOME |
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 Laird Landing: 1 unknown. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidentified Working | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk Bank Landing | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Fleener Place | 7.3 miles | 24 | |
| Canby Cross | 10.3 miles | 24 | |
| Dorris | 12.2 miles | 24 | |
| Ainsworth Corner | 12.3 miles | 24 | |
| Hatfield | 13.9 miles | 24 | |
| Somerset | 14.2 miles | 24 | |
| Tulelake | 14.3 miles | 23 |
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 Q122548797 | 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 262272. 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.