BlockPeterson Place, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the West Tehama census division. It lies near Sugarfoot Glade. The Survey maps it on the Ball Mountain quadrangle.
Then and now
1952 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1952 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1952 USGS Anthony Peak quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Ball Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1987 USGS Willows quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Ball Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Peterson Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25,400 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | BLACKBURN |
| 7 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | HORSE |
| 7 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | CAMPFIRE |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | THREE PRONG |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Mendocino National Forest | HALL |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | BUCK SPRINGS |
| 7 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | HOWELL |
| 6 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | TATHAM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson Place | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Whitlock Place | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Sunnyside | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Steuben Place | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Mitchell Place | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Griffin Place | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Bollinger Place | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Houghton Place | 6.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659377. 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.