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Likely, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Alturas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96116. It stands on Warm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Likely quadrangle. 58 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,449 feet above sea level.

Likely within Modoc County

Then and now

1886 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Likely, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Likely, surveyed 1886

On record in Likely

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Likely fell from 63 to 58 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201063
202058-5 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Likely between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,686 acres in total. 32 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
Natural32
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Other causes1
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 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIKELY 3
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresNorthern California DistrictLIKELY 2
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLINE
14 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern California DistrictDUMP
12 September 2017Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictW3 TUSCARORA
12 September 2011Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictNELSON
9 August 2001Natural3.0 acresNorthern California DistrictLIKELY
9 August 2001Naturalunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitLGT#52

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Modoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Likely: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Peat, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Jeffery & AssociatesPeatProducer
Jeffery & AssociatesPeatProducer

Every working recorded in Modoc 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
K Flourney1.5 miles22
D Flourney1.6 miles22
R Flourney1.8 miles22
Kauffman2.0 miles24
Williams2.6 miles23
Vestil3.0 miles22
Ramsey3.6 miles23
Bayley (historical)4.4 miles23

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 LikelyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6547279The 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 262452. 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.