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Pepperwood Grove, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Lucerne-Clearlake Oaks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95458. It lies near Pine Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Lucerne quadrangle. It stands 1,329 feet above sea level.

Pepperwood Grove within Lake County

Then and now

1938 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pepperwood Grove, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Pepperwood Grove, surveyed 1938

Compare 1938 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

190 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Pepperwood Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 984 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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/undetermined82
Equipment and vehicle use46
Arson/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning14
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony2
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
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitFOOTHILL
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
7 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPHILLIPS
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBRUNER
6 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern California DistrictCHAMPION
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPANORAMIC
30 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictEAST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Pepperwood Grove: 6 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Asbestos, Stone, Dimension. 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
Ellis RanchChromiumOccurrenceChromite
UnknownAsbestosOccurrence
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationAluminumProspect
UtopiaMercuryPast ProducerCinnabar
Cooper and Moore DepositManganeseOccurrence
Last ChanceManganeseProducer

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
Lucerne2.4 miles21
Buckingham Park3.2 miles21
Glenhaven3.4 miles21
Soda Bay4.0 miles21
Riviera West5.1 miles21
Riviera Estates5.7 miles21
Nice5.7 miles21
Clearlake Oaks6.2 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.

Wikidata item Q7166455The 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 1659371. 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.