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McClure Place, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Covelo census division. It stands on Billy Williams Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newhouse Ridge quadrangle. It stands 2,073 feet above sea level.

McClure Place within Mendocino County

Then and now

1926 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McClure Place, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of McClure Place, surveyed 1926

Compare 1926 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of McClure Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,036 acres in total. 15 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
Natural15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes3
Smoking2
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 2003Natural2.0 acresMendocino National ForestMARE
19 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino National ForestDOAN
10 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMendocino National ForestPASS 2
8 August 1998Smokingunder an acreMendocino National ForestBOARDMAN
7 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreMendocino National ForestFALLS
6 August 1999Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestANTHONY
5 August 2007Other causes1.0 acresMendocino National ForestRIVER
3 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use616 acresMendocino National ForestPASS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of McClure Place: 5 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, 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
Eel River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hamm BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bereton MineManganesePast Producer1917
Big BendManganeseOccurrencePsilomelane, Pyrolusite
Big Bend ClaimsManganeseOccurrence1917
Brereton Ew Year, Old CountryManganesePast ProducerRhodochrosite
Jump Off CreekManganeseOccurrence
Jumpoff ClaimsManganeseProspect1918
Michaels, Roman and WeeksManganeseOccurrence
Two Trees ProspectManganeseOccurrence1917

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
Sherburns (historical)3.5 miles16
Hardy Place4.5 miles14
Bredehoft Place5.1 miles14
Cubbler Place6.7 miles16
Carpenter Place6.9 miles12
O'Neil Place7.6 miles12
Reeves Place7.8 miles17
Marks Place9.0 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q11772692The 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 1659084. 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.