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Rawson, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Red Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96080. The Survey maps it on the Gerber quadrangle.

Rawson within Tehama County

Then and now

1890 to 1979

The 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 sheet of Rawson, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Rawson, surveyed 1890

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 26 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

685 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 685 fires within 5 miles of Rawson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,105 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined286
Equipment and vehicle use182
Debris and open burning80
Smoking44
Arson/incendiarism40
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitPASKENTA RD / DUSTY WY
9 September 1993Smoking2.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitRAWSON
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitCAROL AV RBCTY
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitFIRE ALARM TESTING
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitAG BURNING 1-25
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitFLORES
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTehama-Glenn Unitnot named
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitHMC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Rawson: 5 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
O'Connor Bros.ClayProspect
Clement Avenue Gravel BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Draper and AdamsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fredrickson and WestbrookSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Old Red Bluff Rock SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Red Bank Creed SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Red Bank PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Red Bluff PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tehama County

Storms near this place

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rawson in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2021: 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2021Heavy RainRawson-Heavy rain was reported in Tehama County. Reported storm totals reached 6.19 inches By a CoCoRaHS station near Red Bluff to 5.62 inches NE of Butte Meadows.
January 2016HailRawson-Large spiked hail fell, up to 3 inches in diameter across the spikes. No damage was reported, with the hail falling mainly in open grasslands. The largest hailstones tied a California state record for largest hail observed in California, set on September 2, 1960 in San Diego County. This was confirmed through correspondence with the Severe Prediction Center (SPC).
January 2016Funnel CloudRawson-Funnel cloud sighted and photographed. No clear evidence of a tornado touchdown.

Every storm recorded in Tehama 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
Proberta2.8 miles26
Las Flores3.6 miles26
Kiska3.9 miles26
Dairyville4.0 miles26
Red Bluff4.7 miles27
Gerber4.8 miles26
El Camino5.4 miles26
Tehama7.3 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659473. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.