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Longvale, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Willits census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95490. It stands on Long Valley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Longvale quadrangle. It stands 1,191 feet above sea level.

Longvale within Mendocino County

Then and now

1951 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Longvale, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Longvale, surveyed 1951

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Longvale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 662 acres in total. 8 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/undetermined40
Equipment and vehicle use37
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMendocino UnitSHERWOOD
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMendocino UnitSHERWOOD RD BROOK 39
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitIRVINE
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitSHERWOOD RD MP 009.00 BRO
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitSPRING
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino UnitPOND
4 September 2018Arson/incendiarism10 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSHIMMONS
4 September 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIOS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Longvale: 9 producers, 7 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone, Stone. 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
Hell's Half Acre QuarryStoneProducer
Reported OccurrenceGemstoneOccurrenceDeerite, Howieite, Zussmanite
Reported OccurrenceGemstoneOccurrence
Arnold PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bielenberg BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Finnegan BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harms BrothersSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Harms Brothers Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Longvale BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Outlet Creek BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mendocino County

Storms near this place

3 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Longvale in 3 storm reports in 2022: 3 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2022FloodLongvale-Clogged drainage pipe was causing flooding across Highway 101 near Laytonville.
December 2022FloodLongvale-North bound lane of Highway 101 flooded due to clogged drainage.
December 2022FloodLongvale-Highway 162 between Highway 101 and Covelo was closed due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Mendocino 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
Arnold3.2 miles14
Sylvandale (historical)4.6 miles15
Farley5.3 miles15
Rowes (historical)5.3 miles15
Brooktrails8.0 miles15
Tatu8.4 miles16
Wanhala8.4 miles14
Burbeck8.7 miles15

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 LongvaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2835183The 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 1659004. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.