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Pratt Place, California

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Laytonville-Leggett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95585. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Noble Butte quadrangle. It stands 1,722 feet above sea level.

Pratt Place 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 Pratt Place, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Pratt Place, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Pratt Place between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,781 acres in total. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning9
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitTEACHER
30 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthern California DistrictSTANDISH
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMILL
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 74
27 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitLEGGETT
26 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino UnitSMITHE REDWOOD GROVE LEGG
24 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,014 acresNorthern California DistrictMEU NOBLE
24 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMendocino UnitSMYTHE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Pratt Place: 9 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Nickel, Cobalt, Clay, Stone. 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
UnnamedStoneUnknown
UnnamedMineral PigmentsOccurrenceMineral Paint
Guthrie GroupClayOccurrence
Red Mountain CreekClayOccurrence
Red Mountain LateriteNickel, Cobalt, ChromiumProspect1955
Red Mtn., Little Red Mtn.Nickel, CobaltOccurrence1955
Guthrie Group Big Red Mountain, Mitty, Merle, Last Chance, SurpriseChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Little Red Mountain DunnChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Red Mountain CreekChromiumOccurrence1950
Sugar PineChromiumOccurrence1948

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
Lane Redwood Flat (historical)2.0 miles16
Riverdale2.2 miles13
Leggett3.3 miles14
Underwood Park3.7 miles14
Reynolds (historical)3.8 miles16
South Leggett4.5 miles14
Piercy5.4 miles16
Andersonia6.4 miles16

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 Q7238773The 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 1659434. 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.