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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.

Reeves Place within Mendocino County

Then and now

1926 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Reeves Place, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Reeves Place, surveyed 1926

Compare 1926 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

43 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined13
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
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 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitMINA 1
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresMendocino UnitMURPHY RIDGE
11 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMendocino UnitMENDOCINO
11 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitMINA#2 INC
1 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthern California DistrictWILLIAMS
7 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreMendocino National ForestFALLS
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMendocino UnitMINA
4 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
ShieldsClayOccurrence
Eel River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hamm BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
ShieldsChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Unnamed DepositChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Covelo Jade Nos 1 2 3 4GemstoneOccurrence
Covelo Jade, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4GemstoneOccurrence
Jade Placers Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4GemstoneOccurrence
Jade Placers, No. 1, 2, 3, 4GemstoneOccurrence
Big BendManganeseOccurrencePsilomelane, Pyrolusite

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
Sherburns (historical)4.6 miles16
Sunnyside (historical)5.8 miles18
McClure Place7.8 miles16
Cubbler Place9.6 miles16
Covelo9.7 miles16
Hardy Place10.6 miles14
Bredehoft Place11.8 miles14
Delmonico Place12.4 miles14

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 Q7307067The 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.