BlockNewville, California
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Orland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95963. It stands on Heifer Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newville quadrangle. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1952 to 1995The 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.
Compare 1952 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1952 USGS Paskenta quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Newville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Willows quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Newville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Newville between 1995 and 2018, burning about 78 acres in total. 2 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | NEWVILLE |
| 3 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | 4-4 |
| 21 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | KELLY,N |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | 306 2 |
| 17 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | FLOOD |
| 13 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | NEWVILLE |
| 12 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Northern California District | BTU GRANITE |
| 29 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.1 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Newville: 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohan-Gooday | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Grey Eagle Mine-Black Diamond | Chromium | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Chromium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Wilson Place | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Fiddlers Green | 10.8 miles | 16 | |
| Reynolds Place (historical) | 12.7 miles | 16 | |
| Elk Creek | 12.8 miles | 16 | |
| Alder Springs | 14.2 miles | 16 | |
| Fruto | 14.5 miles | 14 | |
| Meyers Place | 14.7 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 Newville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7020826 | 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 1659225. 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.