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Pomo, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Redwood Valley-Potter Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95469. It stands on Bevans Creek. The Survey maps it on the Potter Valley quadrangle. It stands 942 feet above sea level.

Pomo within Mendocino County

Then and now

1943 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pomo, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Pomo, surveyed 1943

Compare 1943 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Pomo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 411,562 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use24
Debris and open burning13
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3669
8 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMendocino UnitWEIR
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitGIBSON
30 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMendocino Unitnot named
29 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitHAWN
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitVAN ARSDALE
2 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMendocino UnitPOTTER
19 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMendocino UnitPOTTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Pomo: 7 occurrences, 7 producers, 4 past producers, 3 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Silica, Manganese, Manganese, Silica. 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
Oberfeld Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
South ThomasSilica, ManganesePast Producer1915, 1916
Thomas MineManganese, SilicaPast Producer1912, 1914
UnknownStoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
FaucherManganeseProducerPsilomelane
Faucher MineManganeseProspect1918
Heughes FredrikaManganeseProspect
Heughes ProspectManganeseProspect1918
HopperManganeseOccurrence

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
Potter Valley1.4 miles14
Coyote Valley Rancheria (historical)6.4 miles15
Redwood Valley6.4 miles14
Laughlin7.6 miles14
Calpella7.6 miles15
The Forks9.9 miles15
Vichy Springs10.2 miles15
Ridge11.1 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.

Wikipedia article on PomoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7227356The 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 1659420. 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.