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Pine Grove, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mendocino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95460. It stands on Doyle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mendocino quadrangle. It stands 167 feet above sea level.

Pine Grove within Mendocino County

Then and now

1920 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pine Grove, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Pine Grove, surveyed 1920

On record in Pine Grove

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

314 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 314 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined134
Debris and open burning62
Recreation and ceremony31
Equipment and vehicle use30
Smoking19
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Arson/incendiarism10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural4
Other causes3

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 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMendocino UnitFRANKLIN RD FORTB 8
9 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMendocino UnitTUPPER
8 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitMITCHELL
7 September 2009Smoking1.0 acresMendocino UnitLAKE
7 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthern California DistrictCASPAR
7 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMendocino UnitHEADLANDS
7 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMendocino UnitSTATE PARKS #3
7 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMendocino UnitMULLEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Caspar1.0 miles16
Mendocino3.0 miles16
Heeser Addition5.1 miles18
Noyo5.5 miles18
Little River5.6 miles16
Fort Bragg6.7 miles18
South Fork7.0 miles14
Whiskey Springs7.9 miles14

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.

Wikipedia article on Pine GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7195151The 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 230693. 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.