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Oasis, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hopland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95449. It stands on McDowell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hopland quadrangle. It stands 1,929 feet above sea level.

Oasis within Mendocino County

Then and now

1938 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oasis, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Oasis, surveyed 1938

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Oasis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 604 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined50
Equipment and vehicle use31
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural3
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMendocino Unitnot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCREEKSIDE
30 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresNorthern California DistrictOASIS
28 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMendocino UnitHWY 101 MP 007.25 HOPLAND
28 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGHLAND
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMendocino UnitQUARRY
22 September 1999Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictJONES
22 September 1999Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLNU SCOTTS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Oasis: 6 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Platinum, Stone, Chromium. 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
Hopland BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hopland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mendocino Mining & Milling Co. Inc.Gold, Platinum, MercuryProducerStream Placer
UnknownChromiumOccurrenceChromite
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Mendocino Mining & Milling Co IncPlatinumOccurrence
QuarryStoneUnknown
QuarryStoneUnknown
OverlookManganeseOccurrence

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
Nacomis Indian Rancheria2.9 miles18
Pieta4.7 miles18
Dawes4.9 miles18
Old Hopland5.1 miles18
Hopland6.0 miles18
Duncan Springs6.7 miles18
Rankin (historical)7.1 miles18
Largo7.2 miles17

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 Q7074386The 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 1653081. 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.