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Mello, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Marysville Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95901. The Survey maps it on the Yuba City quadrangle. It stands 72 feet above sea level.

Mello within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mello, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Mello, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

458 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 458 fires within 5 miles of Mello between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,114 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined267
Debris and open burning67
Equipment and vehicle use54
Arson/incendiarism25
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Smoking16
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitOSWALT
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitE 22ND ST / SAMPSON ST
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHALLWOOD BL / WALNUT AV
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHIGHWAY 70
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHWY 20 / PLANTZ RD
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unit2ND ST / A ST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Mello: 9 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Yuba Consolidated Gold FieldsGoldProducer
Yuba Consolidated Gold FieldsGoldOccurrence1905
Baldwin Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Garcia Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Hallwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hallwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hallwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marysville Rock Products CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Pacific Coast Aggregates IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Yuba 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
Tambo2.4 miles25
Binney Junction3.7 miles25
Dantoni3.8 miles25
Ramirez4.4 miles21
Marysville4.5 miles25
Bliss (historical)4.9 miles21
Oliver (historical)5.3 miles25
Linda5.5 miles25

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 Q14683320The 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 1659104. 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.