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Parramore Springs, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Upper Lake-Nice census division. It stands on Parramore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elk Mountain quadrangle. It stands 2,146 feet above sea level.

Parramore Springs within Lake County

Then and now

1922 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Parramore Springs, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Parramore Springs, surveyed 1922

Compare 1922 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Parramore Springs between 1992 and 2017, burning about 85,153 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 11 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
Natural12
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCentral California AgencyQUAIL
7 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino National ForestELK 2
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino National ForestDEER
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestSTREETER
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestBEVINS
26 September 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMendocino National ForestPINE
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestM-1
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestYORK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake 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 Parramore Springs: 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Chromium, Manganese, Arsenic. 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
Crabtree HotspringsGeothermalUnknown
UnknownArsenicOccurrence
Unnamed LocationAsbestosUnknown
Vann Ranch ProspectManganeseProspect1942
UnknownChromiumOccurrenceChromite
UnknownMercuryOccurrence
Unnamed LocationMercuryUnknown
Unnamed LocationChromiumUnknown

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Three Crossing2.2 miles17
Howard Mill (historical)3.3 miles17
Enterprise5.1 miles17
Vann5.8 miles17
Rice Fork Summer Homes7.0 miles17
Wild Bill Place7.7 miles22
Cooper9.2 miles14
Witter Springs (historical)10.4 miles21

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 Parramore SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7139754The 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 1656208. 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.