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Lovelock, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Paradise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95954. It lies near Cunningham Ravine. The Survey maps it on the Stirling City quadrangle. It stands 3,136 feet above sea level.

Lovelock within Butte County

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lovelock, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Lovelock, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 25 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

422 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 422 fires within 5 miles of Lovelock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,528 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 65 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/undetermined130
Equipment and vehicle use68
Debris and open burning68
Arson/incendiarism65
Natural30
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2002Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresNorthern California DistrictNIMSHEW
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3610
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictRAMBLING
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictCARNEGIE
6 September 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresButte UnitSKYWAY / LOVELOCK RD
6 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthern California DistrictPERRY
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresButte UnitNIMSHEW
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3226

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 100 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 100 workings within 5 miles of Lovelock: 37 past producers, 32 unknowns, 27 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Anti-Axis ClaimChromium, IronPast Producer1942, 1943
NimshewGold, PlatinumProducer1848
Remple ClaimIronOccurrence
Silver MoonGold, Copper, ManganesePast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Wyoming MineGold, CopperPast ProducerGold, Limonite
Chico OcherMineral PigmentsOccurrenceMineral Paint
Chico OcherStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ochre No 1 and Ochre No 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Ochre No. 1 and Ochre No. 2Mineral PigmentsOccurrenceMineral Paint
Anti-Axis ClaimChromiumPast ProducerChromite

Every working recorded in Butte 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
Toadtown0.7 miles25
DeSabla1.8 miles24
De Sabla2.2 miles24
Powellton2.6 miles25
Stirling City2.9 miles25
Nimshew4.0 miles24
Paradise Pines4.3 miles24
Forest Ranch5.1 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 LovelockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6692239The 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 1659020. 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.