Lyman Springs, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Tehama census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96075. It lies near Howell Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Finley Butte quadrangle.

Lyman Springs within Tehama County

Then and now

1886 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lyman Springs, surveyed 1995

Topographic sheet of Lyman Springs, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 27 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.

1886 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
1892 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
1894 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
1935 USGS Paynes Creek quadrangle1:96000
1941 USGS Mineral quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Manton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Finley Butte quadrangle1:24000
1989 USGS Lake Almanor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1995 USGS Finley Butte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Lyman Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,352 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 3 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
Natural	27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	26
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Debris and open burning	11
Arson/incendiarism	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
4 September 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Tehama-Glenn Unit	WELANDER, T
3 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Tehama-Glenn Unit	1-2
28 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Tehama-Glenn Unit	LIGHTNING 1-2
27 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	1,100 acres	Tehama-Glenn Unit	PONDEROSA
26 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Tehama-Glenn Unit	EXPLORER
25 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Tehama-Glenn Unit	PONDEROSA
22 September 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Tehama-Glenn Unit	TINCHER,W
2 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	1.5 acres	Tehama-Glenn Unit	SKY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lyonsville	1.6 miles	27
Finley Place	1.7 miles	27
Dantuma Place	2.0 miles	27
Marian Place	2.8 miles	27
McClure Place	4.2 miles	27
Yellowjacket	6.3 miles	27
Peligreen Place	7.0 miles	28
McKenzie Place	7.2 miles	27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1682340. 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.