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Longville, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Chester census division. It stands on Miller Creek. The Survey maps it on the Almanor quadrangle. It stands 4,400 feet above sea level.

Longville within Plumas County

Then and now

1886 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Longville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Longville, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Longville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 44 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
Natural44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Debris and open burning3
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
8 September 2016Smokingunder an acreLassen National ForestFANANI
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestRUFFA
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestFANANI 2
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestMEADOW
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestHUMBUG
6 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPlumas National ForestPOWERHOUSE
3 September 2007Smoking3.5 acresLassen National ForestBUTT CREEK
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestGRIZZLY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Longville: 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver. 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
Douglas ConsolidatedGold, SilverPast Producer
Hill TopGold, SilverPast Producer
Soda RavineGold, SilverPast Producer
Larton PlacerGoldProspect
Mystery Gulch MineGoldOccurrence
Red Rock MineGoldUnknown
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
Almanor6.1 miles26
Prattville6.3 miles26
Lake Almanor West6.5 miles26
Caribou6.5 miles27
Lake Almanor Country Club8.8 miles28
Lake Almanor Peninsula8.9 miles28
Seneca8.9 miles25
Canyondam9.3 miles27

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 LongvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6674475The 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 262894. 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.