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Nielson Place, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mad River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95595. It stands on Lousy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Long Ridge quadrangle.

Nielson Place within Trinity County

Then and now

1921 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Nielson Place, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Nielson Place, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

Fires near this place

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Nielson Place between 1992 and 2016, burning about 318 acres in total. 10 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
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLONE PINE
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHORSE RANCH
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestLONG 2
3 September 2003Natural2.0 acresSix Rivers National ForestLONG 1
28 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitZENIA
22 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLAKE
6 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitMINA
31 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestTENT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Nielson Place: 3 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
F J Long ProspectManganeseProspect1918
F. J. LongManganeseProspect
Red Cliff ProspectManganeseOccurrenceRhodochrosite
Red Cliff ProspectManganeseProspect1918

Every working recorded in Trinity 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bob Hoaglin Place6.1 miles17
Willie Hoaglin Place7.4 miles17
Island Mountain7.8 miles19
Crabtree Place10.1 miles17
Russ Place10.2 miles17
Shannon Place10.2 miles17
Robbers Roost10.7 miles18
Kekawaka11.1 miles14

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 Q122593551The 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 1659228. 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.