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Lake Almanor West, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Chester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96020. The Survey maps it on the Almanor quadrangle. 211 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Lake Almanor West within Plumas County

Then and now

1886 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lake Almanor West, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Lake Almanor West, surveyed 1886

Population over time

2 figures

Lake Almanor West fell from 270 to 211 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010270
2020211-59 (-22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Lake Almanor West between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,658 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined46
Natural28
Recreation and ceremony21
Debris and open burning14
Smoking10
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2005Natural1,525 acresLassen Volcanic National ParkHORSESHOE
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLassen-Modoc Unit2ND AVE CHESTER
8 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLassen National ForestMICKEY
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestHUMBUG
5 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLassen-Modoc Unitnot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLassen National ForestSTUMP
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLassen National ForestPRATTVILLE
3 September 2007Smoking3.5 acresLassen National ForestBUTT CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lake Almanor West: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver. 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
Hill TopGold, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence
Chester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Lake Almanor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
Almanor2.1 miles26
Lake Almanor Peninsula3.1 miles28
Prattville3.2 miles26
Lake Almanor Country Club3.3 miles28
Peninsula Village4.7 miles28
Chester5.0 miles28
Foxwood5.5 miles28
Longville6.5 miles26

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 Lake Almanor WestAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2651791The 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 1662414. 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.