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Liskey, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Newell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96134. The Survey maps it on The Panhandle quadrangle. It stands 4,039 feet above sea level.

Liskey 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 Liskey, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Liskey, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Liskey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,817 acres in total. 10 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
Debris and open burning43
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 acreModoc National ForestHOUSE
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTule Lake National Wildlife RefugeJEEP
5 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTule Lake National Wildlife RefugeFROG
4 September 1997Natural4.0 acresLava Beds National MonumentDOBIE
30 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresTule Lake National Wildlife RefugeSPUD FIRE
3 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTule Lake National Wildlife Refuge#551
27 September 1998Power generation/transmission/distribution3.8 acresModoc National ForestPANHANDLE 2
24 September 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreModoc National ForestMDF DH SCORPION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Hannchen0.7 miles24
Suty (historical)1.7 miles24
Kandra1.7 miles24
Staley3.1 miles23
Newell3.4 miles25
Copic3.8 miles24
Stronghold3.9 miles23
Homestead4.5 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.

Wikidata item Q6558950The 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 1658966. 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.