BlockRedwoods, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Central Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96096. It lies near Cottonwood Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Inwood quadrangle.
Then and now
1886 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 99 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
14 surveys from 28 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.
- 1886 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1935 USGS Burney quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Burney quadrangle1:96000
- 1939 USGS Burney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Whitmore quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Burney quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Inwood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Redwoods between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,242 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | SPRING HILL |
| 8 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | MILL |
| 6 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | ALAMINE |
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | CREEK 6 |
| 30 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | FERN #2 |
| 3 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 575 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | SQUIRREL |
| 29 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | WHITMORE # 4 |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | LIGHTNING #48 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Redwoods: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Diatomite, Mercury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Creek | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Stewart & Moore Prospect | Diatomite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Stewart & Moore Prospect | Diatomite | Producer |
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.
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 Q122549154 | 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 1659493. 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.