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Reynolds Place, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Orland census division. It lies near Long Point. The Survey maps it on the Alder Springs quadrangle. It stands 3,533 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Reynolds Place within Glenn County

Then and now

1919 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Reynolds Place (historical), surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Reynolds Place (historical), surveyed 1919

Compare 1919 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Reynolds Place (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,298 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 1 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
Natural19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino National ForestSANHEDRIN
3 September 2003Natural2.2 acresMendocino National ForestCEDAR 3
3 September 2003Natural33 acresMendocino National ForestMANZANITA SPRINGS
3 September 2003Natural110 acresMendocino National ForestHARDIN
29 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMendocino National ForestOCEAN
21 September 2007Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestCEDAR
18 September 1994Smokingunder an acreMendocino National ForestFORD
15 September 1993Smoking3.0 acresMendocino National ForestKNEECAP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glenn County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Reynolds Place (historical): 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Chromium. 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
Grey Eagle MineChromiumPast Producer
B.S. No. 1ManganeseProspectPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
B.S. No. 1ManganeseProspect1941

Every working recorded in Glenn 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
Alder Springs1.7 miles16
Fiddlers Green3.8 miles16
Meyers Place3.9 miles15
Lone Star5.7 miles13
Dogtown5.9 miles15
Copper City6.1 miles13
Jenks Place7.6 miles13
Chrome9.5 miles16

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 Q7319659The 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 1666650. 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.