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Rice Fork Summer Homes, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Upper Lake-Nice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95469. It lies near Split Rock. The Survey maps it on the Lake Pillsbury quadrangle. It stands 1,906 feet above sea level.

Rice Fork Summer Homes within Lake County

Then and now

1922 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rice Fork Summer Homes, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Rice Fork Summer Homes, surveyed 1922

Compare 1922 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Rice Fork Summer Homes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,902 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 30 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
Natural33
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino National ForestPINE
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino National ForestGRAVELLY
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino National ForestPACKSADDLE
3 September 2006Smoking1.5 acresMendocino National ForestPINE
3 September 2003Natural1.5 acresMendocino National ForestERICSON
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestGRAVELLY
28 September 2005Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestRICE
28 September 1992Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMendocino National ForestSCOTT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Rice Fork Summer Homes: 6 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Manganese, Mercury, Silica, Manganese. 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
Gravelly ValleySilica, ManganesePast Producer1918, 1942
Soda Creek BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Soda SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Unnamed LocationMercuryUnknown
Black RockManganeseUnknown
Cartwright Manganese ProspectManganeseOccurrence1955
Gravelly ValleyManganeseProducer
Long Shot ClaimManganese, ChromiumOccurrence
Cabbago SendChromiumUnknown
UnknownChromiumOccurrenceChromite

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Enterprise2.5 miles17
Three Crossing5.9 miles17
Howard Mill (historical)6.6 miles17
Parramore Springs7.0 miles17
Vann10.1 miles17
Crocker Place12.2 miles18
Cooper12.7 miles14
Witter Springs (historical)14.6 miles21

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 Q7323005The 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 276340. 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.