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Omira, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Honey Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96109. It stands on Rhodes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Constantia quadrangle. It stands 4,347 feet above sea level.

Omira within Lassen County

Then and now

1890 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Omira, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Omira, surveyed 1890

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 27 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

198 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Omira between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,561 acres in total. 122 started naturally. None was 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
Natural122
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use16
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
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
7 September 2003Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestROBINSON
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern California DistrictCCD CAN
5 September 1994Other causesunder an acreNorthern California DistrictDOY#3
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictR1 SAGE
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestBIRTHDAY
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestSNEAKER
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictCCD FISH
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestADAMS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lassen County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Omira: 5 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Quartz, 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
Devils Elbow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed LocationQuartzOccurrence
Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Borroww PitStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Donald R Nos 1 2 and Indepndnce GrpUraniumOccurrence
Donald R. Nos. 1 and 2 and Independence GroupUraniumOccurrence
Perry Jones GroupUraniumUnknown

Every working recorded in Lassen 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
Constantia2.4 miles27
Doyle4.4 miles21
Scotts8.4 miles26
Reno Junction12.1 miles26
Herlong12.6 miles21
Patton Village12.7 miles21
Chats (historical)13.3 miles26
Calneva13.3 miles20

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 OmiraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7090211The 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 1656199. 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.