Nashmead, California
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Laytonville-Leggett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95454. It stands on Corbet Creek. The Survey maps it on the Iron Peak quadrangle. It stands 814 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1920 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1920 USGS Covelo quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Spyrock quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Iron Peak quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Covelo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Nashmead between 1992 and 2016, burning about 321 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 | under an acre | Northern California District | LIGHTNING 59 |
| 25 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northern California District | NASH |
| 10 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 acres | Mendocino Unit | IRON 2 |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | HULL |
| 6 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northern California District | CORDREY |
| 6 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | LIGHTNING 1 |
| 12 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | BIA# 14 |
| 12 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | BIA# 15 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Nashmead: 6 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Chromium, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Lloyd | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Unknown | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Earl W. Long Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1918 | |
| Long, Earl W. Woodman Station, Happy Four Last Chance | Manganese | Prospect | Rhodochrosite | |
| Montezuma Improvement Co | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Montezuma Improvement Co. | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Spy Rock Guthrie | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Manganese | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nashmead in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2022: 2 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | Heavy Rain | Nashmead | - | Rainfall amount over an 8 hour period of 6.84 inches. |
| March 2018 | Heavy Rain | Nashmead | - | Six hour rain total of 2.4 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Card Place | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| River Garden (historical) | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Reyes Place | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Heath Place | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Dunlap Place | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Ralph Leggett Place | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Jim Leggett Place | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Woodman | 3.8 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Nashmead | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6966869 | 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 1659204. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





