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Ninemile, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Red Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96022. The Survey maps it on the Hooker quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ninemile within Tehama County

Then and now

1890 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ninemile (historical), surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Ninemile (historical), surveyed 1890

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 21 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

445 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 445 fires within 5 miles of Ninemile (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,403 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 30 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
Equipment and vehicle use187
Missing data/not specified/undetermined138
Debris and open burning44
Arson/incendiarism30
Smoking17
Natural12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitBRENT
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitJELLYS2
9 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitFREEWAY 10
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitMISSION
8 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitJELLYS IC / TAC 3
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresTehama-Glenn UnitVALLEY 2
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitSADDLEBACK
7 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitREEDS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama 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 Ninemile (historical): 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Midland Co.GoldPast Producer
Al' Bon's CrusherSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hooker CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hooker Creek BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hooker Creek BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tehama 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
Hooker2.7 miles21
Blunt3.2 miles21
Bend4.3 miles26
Red Bluff7.8 miles27
Dales11.1 miles23
Rawson12.5 miles26
Dairyville13.7 miles26
Walker Place (historical)14.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1666129. 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.