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Meyers Place, 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. The Survey maps it on the Inskip Hill quadrangle.

Meyers Place 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 Meyers Place, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Meyers Place, 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.

Fires near this place

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Meyers Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,158 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1

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
15 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTehama-Glenn Unit36/TAC 3
5 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitINSKIP
25 August 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitLONG
23 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTehama-Glenn UnitHOG
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitTGU BATT 1 LCA
16 August 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitWOODWARD
12 August 2014Naturalunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitMT LASSEN TROUT FARM PAYN
8 July 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLassen National ForestFINLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Meyers Place: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Black Butte PitPumiceProducer
Payne Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Wade Place2.0 miles27
McKenzie Place2.2 miles27
Facht Place2.8 miles28
Payne Place3.3 miles28
Paynes Creek4.7 miles27
Wells Place4.8 miles28
McClure Place5.0 miles27
Marian Place6.0 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659120. 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.