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Lasco, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Westwood census division. It lies near Pegleg Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Pegleg Mountain quadrangle. It stands 5,574 feet above sea level.

Lasco within Lassen County

Then and now

1886 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lasco, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Lasco, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Lasco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 39 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
Natural39
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLassen National ForestCLOVER
3 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitALPINE
3 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLassen National ForestRIVER
2 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitDUCK
10 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestFOUR TREES
6 August 1999Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestSUSAN
6 August 1999Naturalunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitLGT 39
6 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLassen National ForestMCCOY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lassen County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lasco: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
UnknownGoldOccurrenceGold

Every working recorded in Lassen 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
Westwood Junction1.5 miles21
Robbers Creek4.0 miles25
Norvell4.7 miles25
Goumaz (historical)5.9 miles22
Coppervale6.3 miles22
Westwood8.2 miles25
Pine Town8.2 miles22
Clear Creek9.5 miles25

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 LascoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6492879The 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 1658946. 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.