Little Valley, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Big Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96056. It lies in Little Valley. The Survey maps it on the Little Valley quadrangle. 84 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,190 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 109 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
13 surveys from 26 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 Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1939 USGS Halls Flat quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Little Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Burney quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Little Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Little Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Little Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 822 acres in total. 80 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 80 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | 3-1 DEAD HORSE |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | LGT 87 |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | LGT 88 |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | LGT 78 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | GRAYS 2 |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | HIDDEN |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | CAKE |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | VALLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Little Valley: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinder Pits | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Cinder Pits | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie | 3.4 miles | 26 | |
| Jellico | 7.0 miles | 27 | |
| Halls Flat | 10.5 miles | 27 | |
| Nubieber | 13.9 miles | 21 | |
| Pumpkin Center | 15.3 miles | 21 | |
| Bieber | 15.8 miles | 21 | |
| Hayden Hill | 16.9 miles | 21 | |
| Leonard | 18.3 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 Little Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6652380 | 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 262743. 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.












