Lone Star, California
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Orland census division. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plaskett Meadows quadrangle. It stands 5,292 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1952 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1952 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1952 USGS Hull Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Plaskett meadows quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Willows quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Plaskett Meadows quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Lone Star between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,860 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 2003 | Natural | 42 acres | Mendocino National Forest | BROCK |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | 75 acres | Mendocino National Forest | WALKER CABIN |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | PLASKETT |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 139 acres | Mendocino National Forest | ICE |
| 29 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | BOARD III |
| 21 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | BOARD II |
| 20 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | BOARD I |
| 18 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | PLASKETT |
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 Lone Star: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Buttes | Copper | Occurrence | Cuprite | |
| Black Buttes | Copper | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper City | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Jenks Place | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Fiddlers Green | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Keller Place | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Reynolds Place (historical) | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Alder Springs | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Meyers Place | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Dogtown | 9.8 miles | 15 |
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 Q6671373 | 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 1659002. 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.





