BlockRancho Llano Seco, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Durham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95928. It stands on Little Chico Creek. The Survey maps it on the Llano Seco quadrangle. It stands 112 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 1980The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 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.
- 1891 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1912 USGS Newhard quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Llano Seco quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Chico quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Llano Seco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Chico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
101 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Rancho Llano Seco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,110 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Butte Unit | PINTAIL LN DRHM |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SEVEN |
| 30 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Butte Unit | SEVEN # 1 |
| 30 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Butte Unit | SEVEN #2 |
| 30 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Butte Unit | ORD BRIDGE |
| 3 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | ORD |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Butte Unit | ORD |
| 28 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | RIVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rancho Llano Seco: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dodgeland | 5.0 miles | 26 | |
| Dayton | 5.1 miles | 28 | |
| Eskini (historical) | 8.4 miles | 28 | |
| Durham | 8.5 miles | 28 | |
| Roble | 8.7 miles | 28 | |
| Barber | 9.6 miles | 28 | |
| Esquon | 9.9 miles | 27 | |
| Michopdo (historical) | 10.0 miles | 28 |
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 Rancho Llano Seco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7291071 | 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 1659467. 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.