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Largo, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hopland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95449. It stands on Crawford Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elledge Peak quadrangle. It stands 522 feet above sea level.

Largo within Mendocino County

Then and now

1920 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Largo, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Largo, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Largo between 1992 and 2019, burning about 49,966 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined55
Equipment and vehicle use53
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitBURKE HILL DR /S HWY 101
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino Unit101
7 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitHAMPTON
5 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitHOUSE
3 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use15 acresMendocino UnitMCNAB
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitMIDDLE RANCH
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 40
29 September 2014Debris and open burning1.3 acresMendocino UnitRANCH 9

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Largo: 13 occurrences, 9 producers, 4 unknowns, 4 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Chromium, Copper. 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
Mendocino Mining & Milling Co IncPlatinumOccurrence
Red Mountain AsbestosAsbestosProspect
Boy EdgarGoldOccurrenceVein
Boy EdgarGoldUnknown
John L. McnabbGraphiteOccurrence
Lone TreeManganeseOccurrence
Lone Tree ClaimManganeseProspect1918
ProspectsGraphiteOccurrence
C W Johnson ProspectClayUnknown
C. W. Johnson ProspectChromiumOccurrenceChromite

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
Crittendon (historical)3.2 miles16
Hopland3.4 miles18
Old Hopland3.5 miles18
Nacomis Indian Rancheria4.5 miles18
Duncan Springs4.8 miles18
Ukiah Rancheria5.0 miles17
El Roble5.4 miles17
Dawes5.5 miles18

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 Q6489271The 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 1656122. 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.