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Richland, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Biggs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95917. The Survey maps it on the Biggs quadrangle. It stands 102 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.

Richland within Butte County

Then and now

1888 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Richland (historical), surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Richland (historical), surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

780 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 780 fires within 5 miles of Richland (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,375 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 74 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/undetermined322
Equipment and vehicle use176
Debris and open burning157
Arson/incendiarism74
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Smoking20
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1

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 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresButte UnitCHATFIELD
9 September 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresButte UnitPAMMA,G
8 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreButte UnitGRIDLEY FARM LABOR CAMP G
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresButte UnitBIGGS
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresButte UnitBONITO
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitPACIFIC
7 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreButte UnitNAUMES
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitHAMILTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Richland (historical): 8 occurrences, 7 producers, 6 unknowns, 3 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Feather River DistrictGold, Iridium, Platinum, OsmiumPast Producer1849, 1895
Kaiser, Henry J. Co. Betchel-Kaiser Rock CoSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceSedimentary
OrovilleSilver, GoldPast Producer
OrovilleGold, SilverUnknown
Woods Pit & MillStoneProducer
Butte County Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Cooper Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gridley Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kaiser Henry J CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mathews RoySand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary

Every working recorded in Butte 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
East Biggs1.3 miles22
Peachton1.4 miles22
Hume (historical)2.1 miles22
East Gridley2.5 miles22
Oak Grove3.0 miles25
Robinsons Corner3.0 miles21
Gridley Colony Number Two (historical)3.3 miles22
Gridley3.4 miles22

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 Q7330601The 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 1666797. 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.