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Leavitt, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Susanville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96130. It lies near Rices Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Johnstonville quadrangle. It stands 4,104 feet above sea level.

Leavitt within Lassen County

Then and now

1886 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Leavitt, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Leavitt, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Leavitt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,607 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined36
Natural33
Debris and open burning30
Equipment and vehicle use26
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Firearms and explosives use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresLassen-Modoc UnitCENTER.
9 September 2010Smoking1.3 acresLassen-Modoc UnitDIANE
9 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictCRAMER
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresLassen-Modoc Unit1-1 BALD
8 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3466
7 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined210 acresLassen-Modoc UnitDIANE
7 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution4.1 acresNorthern California DistrictLMU LMUD 3
5 September 2011Firearms and explosives useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictRICE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lassen County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Leavitt: 5 producers, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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
StandishPumiceProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Honey Lake Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mallery PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rice's Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Standish PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lassen County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leavitt in 1 storm report in 2021: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2021Heavy RainLeavitt-CoCoRahs Observers, trained spotters, and Mesonet/ASOS sites reported rainfall amounts ranging from 0.5-3.0 in the area between Janesville to Susanville, CA; 3.0-4.0 in the Westwood to Lake Almanor region; and up to 6.0 about 3.0 mi SSW of Susanville, CA.||Trained spotter in Doyle at an elevation of 4500 feet reported 7.28 inches of rain as of midnight (24 hour period starting 24/0001 LST) with an additional 1.49 inches falling since midnight. The spotter also reported that snow was falling around midnight but not accumulating. Total rainfall amount of 8.77 was reported at this site.

Every storm 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
Johnstonville3.4 miles23
Belfast5.1 miles21
Standish5.9 miles21
The Crossing6.8 miles21
Janesville6.9 miles22
Susanville6.9 miles22
Edgemont7.2 miles21
Edgemont (historical)7.2 miles21

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 LeavittAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6510796The 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 226986. 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.