Reeves Place, California
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Covelo census division. It stands on Buttermilk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leech Lake Mountain quadrangle. It stands 2,634 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1926 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1926 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1926 USGS Covelo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Covelo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Leech Lake Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Leech Lake Mtn. quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Covelo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Leech Lake Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Reeves Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 43,720 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 3 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 | 13 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | MINA 1 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | MURPHY RIDGE |
| 11 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | MENDOCINO |
| 11 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | MINA#2 INC |
| 1 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Northern California District | WILLIAMS |
| 7 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | FALLS |
| 5 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | MINA |
| 4 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Reeves Place: 18 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Gemstone, Chromium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shields | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Eel River Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hamm Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shields | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Unnamed Deposit | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Covelo Jade Nos 1 2 3 4 | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Covelo Jade, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Jade Placers Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Jade Placers, No. 1, 2, 3, 4 | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Big Bend | Manganese | Occurrence | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherburns (historical) | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Sunnyside (historical) | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| McClure Place | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Cubbler Place | 9.6 miles | 16 | |
| Covelo | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Hardy Place | 10.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bredehoft Place | 11.8 miles | 14 | |
| Delmonico Place | 12.4 miles | 14 |
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 Q7307067 | 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 1659496. 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.







