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Red Bank, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the West Tehama census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96080. It lies near Vale Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Red Bank quadrangle.

Red Bank 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 Red Bank, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Red Bank, surveyed 1890

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 19 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Red Bank between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,927 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresTehama-Glenn UnitHESS
3 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTehama-Glenn Unit4-14 LIGHTING FIRE
28 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitOWENS C.
20 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitJOHNSON
18 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitLONG
17 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.9 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRED
16 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use26 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIDGE
13 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitMCCARTHY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Red Bank: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Eaton Pit #100Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Red Bank CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Leonard Place (historical)3.6 miles19
Irish Place (historical)5.2 miles20
Rancho Tehama Reserve6.2 miles19
Saunders Place6.4 miles19
Westend Galatin Place (historical)6.5 miles19
Montgomery Place7.0 miles19
Gilliam Place8.0 miles20
McCartney Place8.0 miles20

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 Red BankAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888569The 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 1659476. 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.