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Richfields, California

46 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92870. It stands on Carbon Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Orange quadrangle.

Richfields within Orange County

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Richfields, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Richfields, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 surveys from 46 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

105 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Richfields between 2002 and 2020, burning about 32,038 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined46
Arson/incendiarism24
Equipment and vehicle use18
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresOrange County Fire AuthorityCARBON FIRE
1 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 August 2018Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
27 August 2016Missing 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 Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Richfields: 14 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Garber Brickk & Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Bixby PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Orange QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Blue Diamond PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Consolidated Rock Products Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Irvine Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Orange PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Atwood0.3 miles46
Yorba0.9 miles46
Yorba Linda1.6 miles43
Peralta Hills1.6 miles46
Friendly Village of Anaheim2.2 miles46
Daum (historical)2.3 miles43
Placentia2.4 miles46
Olive2.4 miles46

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 Q122548981The 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 1683083. 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.