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.
Then and now
1886 to 1995The 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 sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Chester quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Chester quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1989 USGS Lake Almanor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Chester quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
151 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Natural | 1,525 acres | Lassen Volcanic National Park | HORSESHOE |
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | WESTWOOD |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | 2-2 BORROW |
| 5 September 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | PRATTVILLE |
| 29 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | LIGHNING #76 |
| 23 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | STOY |
| 2 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | SHORE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Gold Occurrence | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Lake Almanor Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | Gold |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foxwood | 1.2 miles | 28 | |
| Lake Almanor Peninsula | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Lake Almanor Country Club | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Hamilton Branch | 2.1 miles | 25 | |
| East Shore | 3.8 miles | 27 | |
| Almanor | 4.5 miles | 26 | |
| Prattville | 4.7 miles | 26 | |
| Lake Almanor West | 4.7 miles | 26 |
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.











