BlockRidgewood Park, California
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Willits census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95490. The Survey maps it on the Laughlin Range quadrangle. It stands 2,178 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1922 to 1991The 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.
Compare 1922 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1922 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Laughlin Range quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
187 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Ridgewood Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,906 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined | 82 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Mendocino Unit | GOLDEN 2 |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | # 277 |
| 5 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | 101 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | LIGHTNING 8 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | LIGHTNING 91 |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Mendocino Unit | BLACKHAWK |
| 27 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | GRADE |
| 27 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | SIMPSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ridgewood Park: 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Longvale Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Knight Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1942 | |
| Mrs. Knight Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite | |
| Southard Ranch | Manganese | Occurrence |
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.
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 Q7332857 | The 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 1724247. 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.