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Lomo, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Live Oak census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95953. It stands on Live Oak Slough. The Survey maps it on the Sutter quadrangle.

Lomo within Sutter County

Then and now

1888 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lomo, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Lomo, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

196 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Lomo between 2000 and 2020, burning about 301 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined134
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitTHORNTREE MARYSVILLE_FD
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHWY 70 / BOYER RD
27 September 2011Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHWY 70 MARYSVILLE_FD
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
26 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSILVA FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sutter 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
Encinal1.1 miles23
Stafford (historical)1.1 miles23
Sullivan1.3 miles23
Mendoza (historical)1.4 miles23
Sanders1.6 miles23
Sunset2.1 miles22
Nuestro2.8 miles23
Berg2.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658999. 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.