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Lowrey, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the West Tehama census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96080. It stands on North Fork Elder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lowrey quadrangle.

Lowrey within Tehama County

Then and now

1890 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lowrey, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Lowrey, surveyed 1890

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Lowrey between 1992 and 2018, burning about 9,212 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural8
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreTehama-Glenn Unit4-15
3 September 2003Natural30 acresTehama-Glenn Unit4-5 KELLY RD.
29 September 2000Debris and open burning8,284 acresNorthern California DistrictTGU WEIN
26 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitRISHWAIN
13 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTehama-Glenn UnitCASEY,R.
11 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitLOWERY #1
11 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTehama-Glenn Unit3RD LOWERY
11 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitLOWERY #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lowrey: 2 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Manganese. 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
El SoledadManganeseOccurrence
KleinsorgeChromiumProducer
KleinsorgeChromiumProspect
Mclaughlin and AppiquartChromiumProspect
Unnamed LocationChromiumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Tehama 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
Westend Galatin Place (historical)2.0 miles19
Brown Place2.1 miles19
Saunders Place2.5 miles19
Copple Place4.1 miles21
Pellow Place4.8 miles13
Leonard Place (historical)4.9 miles19
Montgomery Place5.2 miles19
Banfield Place5.8 miles19

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 LowreyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888566The 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 252729. 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.