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Philbrick Mill, California

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Mendocino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95466. It lies near Anderson Valley. The Survey maps it on the Philo quadrangle. It stands 479 feet above sea level.

Philbrick Mill within Mendocino County

Then and now

1943 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Philbrick Mill, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Philbrick Mill, surveyed 1943

Compare 1943 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Philbrick Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,036 acres in total. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMendocino UnitCOLD SPRINGS FIRE LOOKO 3
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitHENDY
6 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitMAPLE
6 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitNASH
30 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBLATTNER RD PHILO
29 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMendocino UnitSIGNAL #2
26 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreMendocino UnitPANORAMA WAY / SIGNAL RID
26 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitRAYS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino 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 Philbrick Mill: 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Mercury, Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Zirconium, Mercury, Zirconium, Gold, Iridium, Platinum. 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
Anderson ValleyMercury, Zirconium, Gold, Iridium, PlatinumUnknown
Anderson Valley PlacerMercury, Gold, Platinum, Iridium, ZirconiumOccurrenceStream Placer
O'Brien Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
WhippleCopperOccurrenceCopper
Whipple ProspectCopperUnknown

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
Hendy Grove1.7 miles12
Reilly Heights2.2 miles15
Philo2.9 miles12
Navarro5.4 miles15
Old Bailey Place6.0 miles12
Cape Horn8.3 miles17
Boonville8.5 miles12
Little Penny11.2 miles15

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 Q14683641The 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 1659379. 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.