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.
Then and now
1920 to 1981The 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.


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.
Point Cabrillo Light Stationlisted 1991 · 0.6 miles away
FROLIC (brig)listed 1991 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1920 USGS Fort Bragg quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Fort Bragg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Fort Bragg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Mendocino quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
314 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 134 |
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
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 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | FRANKLIN RD FORTB 8 |
| 9 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | TUPPER |
| 8 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | MITCHELL |
| 7 September 2009 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | LAKE |
| 7 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northern California District | CASPAR |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Mendocino Unit | HEADLANDS |
| 7 September 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | STATE PARKS #3 |
| 7 September 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | MULLEN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caspar | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Mendocino | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Heeser Addition | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Noyo | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Little River | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Fort Bragg | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| South Fork | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Whiskey Springs | 7.9 miles | 14 |
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 Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7195151 | The 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.






