Newburg, California
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Fortuna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95540. It stands on North Fork Strongs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hydesville quadrangle.
Then and now
1944 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 43 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
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1944 USGS Fortuna quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Fortuna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Hydesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Newburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 257 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | PALMER |
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LOOP |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | ETTER RANCH |
| 28 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CEMETARY |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LIGHTNING |
| 27 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | FERNBRIDGE |
| 27 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CHRIS |
| 26 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CARROLL RD LOLETA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Newburg: 10 producers, 3 prospects. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Alton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eel River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ell River Crushing Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fernbridge Gravel Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fortuna Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fortuna Ready Mix Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fortuna Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hansen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mencer Fraser Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortuna | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Rohnerville | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Grizzly Bluff (historical) | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Worswick | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Alton | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Hydesville | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Fernbridge | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Waddington | 4.7 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 Newburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7017122 | 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 254971. 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.






