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Mills Orchard, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Orland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95951. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton City quadrangle. It stands 177 feet above sea level.

Mills Orchard within Glenn County

Then and now

1906 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mills Orchard, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Mills Orchard, surveyed 1906

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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Mills Orchard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 494 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
26 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeNUISANCE53
24 September 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresButte UnitMITCHEL
23 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHIGHWAY 32
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeWILSON
7 August 2004Debris and open burning100 acresSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeHAMILTON
30 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeRIVER
27 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitGIANELLA
25 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife Refuge32

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glenn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Mills Orchard: 11 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, 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
Hamilton City PlantCalciumProducer
UnknownGoldOccurrence
Chico PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Hamilton City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hamilton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Martin Pit and Mi11Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Mills Orchards GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pine Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No 1 Dist No 15 Cow CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stoney Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Hamilton City2.3 miles15
Capay4.3 miles19
Rotavele4.7 miles15
Cory5.4 miles18
Monroeville (historical)5.9 miles26
Meadowood Estates6.6 miles18
Orland7.5 miles16
Wyo7.5 miles18

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 Q6859988The 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 1659135. 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.