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Oak Glen, California

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Garberville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95554. It stands on Coleman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blocksburg quadrangle.

Oak Glen within Humboldt County

Then and now

1949 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oak Glen, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Oak Glen, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Oak Glen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,350 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use18
Debris and open burning12
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
8 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitJIM
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCOLLINS
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined140 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCOLONY
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitSALMON
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLARABEE
4 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitEEL
4 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFISH
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitPERROT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt 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
Eel Rock0.6 miles12
Smith (historical)2.2 miles11
Brock Creek (historical)2.7 miles14
Tanoak (historical)2.9 miles11
Whitlow3.7 miles11
Fruitland4.6 miles11
Miranda5.5 miles15
Blocksburg5.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659265. 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.