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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.

Little Valley within Lassen County

Then and now

1886 to 1995

The 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 sheet of Little Valley, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Little Valley, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

102 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protection3-1 DEAD HORSE
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLGT 87
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLGT 88
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLGT 78
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestGRAYS 2
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestHIDDEN
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestCAKE
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestVALLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lassen County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cinder PitsStoneOccurrence
Cinder PitsStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Lassen 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
Dixie3.4 miles26
Jellico7.0 miles27
Halls Flat10.5 miles27
Nubieber13.9 miles21
Pumpkin Center15.3 miles21
Bieber15.8 miles21
Hayden Hill16.9 miles21
Leonard18.3 miles21

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 ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6652380The 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.