Millsholm, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Orland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95988. The Survey maps it on the Stone Valley quadrangle. It stands 312 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Millsholm within Glenn County

Then and now

1917 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Millsholm (historical), surveyed 1987

Topographic sheet of Millsholm (historical), surveyed 1917

Compare 1917 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

1917 USGS Kurand quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
1919 USGS Fruto quadrangle1:62500
1944 USGS Fruto quadrangle1:62500
1952 USGS Kurand quadrangle1:24000
1952 USGS Stone Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Fruto quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1987 USGS Willows quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Millsholm (historical) between 1992 and 2016, burning about 837 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 use	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Arson/incendiarism	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Natural	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
25 September 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	26 acres	Tehama-Glenn Unit	THURMAN, L.
10 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	51 acres	Tehama-Glenn Unit	CAMPBELL,J
23 August 1992	Arson/incendiarism	265 acres	Tehama-Glenn Unit	MUDD
22 August 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Tehama-Glenn Unit	THUNDER
19 August 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	13 acres	Tehama-Glenn Unit	FEENEY
15 August 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Tehama-Glenn Unit	THUNDERHILL RACEWAY ELKCK
12 August 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Tehama-Glenn Unit	162
10 August 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Tehama-Glenn Unit	HOODOO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glenn 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 Millsholm (historical): 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Avery Claims	Chromium	Occurrence	Chromite
	Unknown	Gold	Occurrence

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Kurand (historical)	3.0 miles	18
Fruto	6.6 miles	14
Willows	8.1 miles	16
Lyman (historical)	8.3 miles	16
Bluegum	8.6 miles	16
Wilson Place	9.7 miles	13
Artois	9.7 miles	16
Logandale	10.8 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 Q6860026

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 1670446. 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.