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Leesville, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the West Colusa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95979. It lies near John Cooper Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Leesville quadrangle. It stands 1,427 feet above sea level.

Leesville within Colusa County

Then and now

1920 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Leesville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Leesville, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

16 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Leesville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Firearms and explosives use1
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
14 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLEESVILLE GRADE COLUSA_CO
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresMendocino National ForestBOARD
1 September 1997Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMOUNTAIN
31 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresNorthern California DistrictBRIM
24 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBEAR VALLEY
19 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBEAR
7 July 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitOLD CAZ
6 July 1997Arson/incendiarism20 acresNorthern California DistrictLNU BARTLE

Every fire recorded in Colusa 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 Leesville: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Bentonite. 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
Antelope Valley DepositBentoniteOccurrence
Burgett ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Burgett ProspectManganeseProspect1918
GullmanManganeseOccurrence
Gullman DepositManganeseUnknown1942

Every working recorded in Colusa 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
Lodoga8.5 miles12
Sites9.4 miles18
Lurline (historical)9.6 miles17
Mills Orchards9.9 miles18
Wilbur Springs10.4 miles14
Devils Elbow10.8 miles12
Cortena12.8 miles17
Delphos13.4 miles17

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 LeesvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6516477The 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 252723. 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.