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Peninsula Village, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Chester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96137. The Survey maps it on the Chester quadrangle.

Peninsula Village within Plumas County

Then and now

1886 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Peninsula Village, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Peninsula Village, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

151 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Peninsula Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,566 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined41
Debris and open burning29
Natural22
Recreation and ceremony21
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking10
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 2005Natural1,525 acresLassen Volcanic National ParkHORSESHOE
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitWESTWOOD
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protection2-2 BORROW
5 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLassen-Modoc Unitnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLassen National ForestPRATTVILLE
29 September 2004Naturalunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitLIGHNING #76
23 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitSTOY
2 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLassen National ForestSHORE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Peninsula Village: 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
QuarryStoneOccurrence
Gold OccurrenceGoldUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Lake Almanor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownGoldOccurrenceGold

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
Foxwood1.2 miles28
Lake Almanor Peninsula1.7 miles28
Lake Almanor Country Club1.7 miles28
Hamilton Branch2.1 miles25
East Shore3.8 miles27
Almanor4.5 miles26
Prattville4.7 miles26
Lake Almanor West4.7 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656214. 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.