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Meyers Place, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Willows census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95939. It lies near Sanhedrin Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Felkner Hill quadrangle. It stands 2,792 feet above sea level.

Meyers Place within Glenn County

Then and now

1919 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Meyers Place, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Meyers Place, surveyed 1919

Compare 1919 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Meyers Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,636 acres in total. 25 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
Natural25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Firearms and explosives use1
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
30 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino National ForestSANHEDRIN
30 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino National ForestPOST
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestDIXON
3 September 2003Natural23 acresMendocino National ForestIVORY MILL
3 September 2003Natural1.3 acresMendocino National ForestCEDAR 1
3 September 2003Natural3.0 acresMendocino National ForestJUMBO
3 September 2003Natural212 acresMendocino National ForestBOWMAN
3 September 2003Natural2.2 acresMendocino National ForestCEDAR 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glenn County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Meyers Place: 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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
B.S. No. 1ManganeseProspectPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
B.S. No. 1ManganeseProspect1941
HummingbirdManganeseOccurrencePsilomelane, Pyrolusite
HummingbirdManganeseProspect

Every working recorded in Glenn 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
Dogtown2.4 miles15
Alder Springs2.8 miles16
Reynolds Place (historical)3.9 miles16
Fiddlers Green7.7 miles16
Elk Creek8.2 miles16
Lone Star8.8 miles13
Copper City9.5 miles13
Jenks Place10.3 miles13

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 Q14683341The 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 1656164. 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.