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.
Then and now
1886 to 1988The 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 sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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 Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Susanville NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Johnstonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
144 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 36 |
| Natural | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | CENTER. |
| 9 September 2010 | Smoking | 1.3 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | DIANE |
| 9 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | CRAMER |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | 1-1 BALD |
| 8 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northern California District | UNNAMED FIRE 3466 |
| 7 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 210 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | DIANE |
| 7 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.1 acres | Northern California District | LMU LMUD 3 |
| 5 September 2011 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Northern California District | RICE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standish | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Honey Lake Valley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mallery Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rice's Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Standish Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Heavy Rain | Leavitt | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnstonville | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Belfast | 5.1 miles | 21 | |
| Standish | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| The Crossing | 6.8 miles | 21 | |
| Janesville | 6.9 miles | 22 | |
| Susanville | 6.9 miles | 22 | |
| Edgemont | 7.2 miles | 21 | |
| Edgemont (historical) | 7.2 miles | 21 |
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 Leavitt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6510796 | 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 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.











