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Noyo, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Bragg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95437. It stands on Noyo River. The Survey maps it on the Fort Bragg quadrangle. It stands 108 feet above sea level.

Noyo within Mendocino County

Then and now

1920 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Noyo, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Noyo, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

377 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 377 fires within 5 miles of Noyo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined146
Debris and open burning85
Equipment and vehicle use49
Recreation and ceremony22
Smoking20
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Arson/incendiarism15
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Natural7
Other causes3

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMendocino UnitMCDH FORT_BRAGG
9 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMendocino UnitFRANKLIN RD FORTB 8
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitODELL INCIDENT
8 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitLIGNTNING 108
8 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitMITCHELL
7 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthern California DistrictCASPAR
7 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMendocino UnitMULLEN
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitTURNER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Noyo: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Camp 5 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
Fort Bragg1.2 miles18
Heeser Addition1.9 miles18
South Fork4.0 miles14
Cleone4.4 miles18
Caspar4.5 miles16
Glenblair4.6 miles14
Pine Grove5.5 miles16
Redwood Lodge6.0 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.

Wikipedia article on NoyoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7067385The 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 1656193. 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.