Loybas Hill, California
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Corning census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96021. It stands on Kopta Slough. The Survey maps it on the Vina quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1904 USGS Vina quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Vina quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Corning quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Vina quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Willows quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
425 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 425 fires within 5 miles of Loybas Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,062 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined | 149 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 142 |
| Debris and open burning | 80 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | AG BURN 2 |
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | THOMAS |
| 8 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | PETTIT, M. |
| 7 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | RANDALL |
| 7 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | KOFFORD. R. |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | SOUTH |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | BALLARD |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | MOON IC/TAC 12 |
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 Loybas Hill: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vina | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Copeland | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Corning | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Ensign (historical) | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Richfield | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Los Molinos | 7.8 miles | 26 | |
| Tehama | 8.4 miles | 26 | |
| El Camino | 10.1 miles | 26 |
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 Loybas Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888571 | 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 1659849. 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.






