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Old Red Rock Place, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Point Arena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95445. It lies near Lowrey Openings. The Survey maps it on the McGuire Ridge quadrangle. It stands 1,798 feet above sea level.

Old Red Rock Place within Mendocino County

Then and now

1943 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Old Red Rock Place, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Old Red Rock Place, surveyed 1943

Compare 1943 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Old Red Rock Place between 1992 and 2019, burning about 287 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 use16
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitGREEN
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBOSUN'S
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.1 acresMendocino UnitRIVER 4
3 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMOONRISE DR GUALALA
23 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitCHEWNING
21 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionTREATMENT
14 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMendocino UnitROSEMAN
13 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitFRANCHINI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Old Red Rock Place: 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, 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
Gualala AggregatesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pepperwood CreekMercuryOccurrence
Pepperwood CreekMercuryOccurrence
UnknownMercuryOccurrence

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
Gualala4.9 miles19
Anchor Bay7.2 miles19
Fish Rock7.6 miles19
Little Penny9.0 miles15
Signal Port (historical)9.5 miles19
Old Ornbaun Hot Springs10.8 miles15
Gallaway12.4 miles17
The Oaks13.8 miles16

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 Q7084826The 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 1659295. 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.