Mills Orchards, California
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the West Colusa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95979. The Survey maps it on the Sites quadrangle. It stands 157 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1904 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1904 USGS Sites quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1917 USGS Sites quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Lodoga quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sites quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Lodoga quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Mills Orchards between 1992 and 2015, burning about 3,749 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 390 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SITES |
| 4 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SECOND |
| 30 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | MAXWELL |
| 25 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | MAXWELL |
| 23 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | PETERSON |
| 20 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | MAXWELL |
| 18 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CHISM |
| 14 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | MAXWELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mills Orchards: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colusa Sandstone Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mcgilvray Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Mcgilvray Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Company Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sites | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Lurline (historical) | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Maxwell | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Cortena | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Delevan | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Delphos | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Devils Elbow | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Leesville | 9.9 miles | 14 |
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 Q6859990 | The 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 1659136. 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.







