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.
Then and now
1921 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1921 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1921 USGS Hoaglin quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Island Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1931 USGS Hoaglin quadrangle1:96000
- 1935 USGS Hoaglin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Kettenpom quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1967 USGS Long Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Garberville quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Long Ridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LONE PINE |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | HORSE RANCH |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Six Rivers National Forest | LONG 2 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Six Rivers National Forest | LONG 1 |
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | ZENIA |
| 22 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LAKE |
| 6 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | MINA |
| 31 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Six Rivers National Forest | TENT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| F J Long Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1918 | |
| F. J. Long | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Red Cliff Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | Rhodochrosite | |
| Red Cliff Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1918 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hoaglin Place | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Willie Hoaglin Place | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Island Mountain | 7.8 miles | 19 | |
| Crabtree Place | 10.1 miles | 17 | |
| Russ Place | 10.2 miles | 17 | |
| Shannon Place | 10.2 miles | 17 | |
| Robbers Roost | 10.7 miles | 18 | |
| Kekawaka | 11.1 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 Q122593551 | 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 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.








