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Lytton, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Healdsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95448. The Survey maps it on the Jimtown quadrangle.

Lytton within Sonoma County

Then and now

1920 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lytton, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Lytton, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

213 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Lytton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,408 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined100
Equipment and vehicle use58
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism18
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionALEXANDER VALLEY RD HEAL
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMILL
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCANYON
6 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitDRY CREEK
5 September 2004Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPASSALAQUA
5 September 1993Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitACADEMY
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Lytton: 16 producers, 7 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 2 past producers. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Chromium, Calcium. 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
Inman Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationCopperOccurrence
Derrick Tin ProspectTinUnknown
Maricoma Quicksilver MineMercuryUnknown
Mcpherson RanchChromiumOccurrence
MericomaMercuryPast Producer1903
Purviance RanchCalciumUnknown
Unnamed LimestoneCalciumPast Producer
Unnamed LocationChromiumOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectTinOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sonoma 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
Simi1.3 miles22
Chiquita1.7 miles22
Nervo2.0 miles23
Jimtown2.8 miles22
Del Rio Woods3.0 miles22
Healdsburg3.4 miles22
Geyserville3.7 miles23
Camp Rose3.7 miles22

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 LyttonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65043908The 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 227874. 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.