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Loch Lomond, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Cobb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95461. It lies near Seigler Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Whispering Pines quadrangle. It stands 2,818 feet above sea level.

Loch Lomond within Lake County

Then and now

1945 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Loch Lomond, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Loch Lomond, surveyed 1945

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

238 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Loch Lomond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 80,135 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined95
Equipment and vehicle use54
Debris and open burning49
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking9
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCDF KONOCTI CAMP KELSEYVI
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBIG CANYON RD / SEIGLER C
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPOINT
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGHLAND
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitYOGI
4 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitOBSERVATION
30 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMANNING #2
3 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLOCH LOMOND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Loch Lomond: 36 occurrences, 16 unknowns, 6 producers, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Manganese, Mercury, Stone, Dimension. 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
Auschivitz PropertySulfurUnknown
ReynoldsCopperOccurrence
Unnamed LocationTinOccurrence
Clear Lake Gem Mining Company Or & Near Perini HillGemstoneOccurrence
Clearlake Gem Mining CompanyGemstoneOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Red PitPumiceProducer
Roundtop Mtn QuarryPumiceProducer
S-Bar-S QuarryPumiceProducer

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Adams0.5 miles20
Salminas Resort1.0 miles21
Hobergs1.4 miles20
Sunrise Vista1.4 miles21
Ettawa Springs1.5 miles20
Bonanza Springs1.7 miles20
Mount Hannah Lodge1.8 miles21
Seigler Springs1.8 miles20

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 Loch LomondAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q11933865The 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 1658991. 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.