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Robbers Creek, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Westwood census division. The Survey maps it on the Westwood West quadrangle. It stands 5,325 feet above sea level.

Robbers Creek within Lassen County

Then and now

1886 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Robbers Creek, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Robbers Creek, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Robbers Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 119 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 6 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
Natural49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4

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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protection36
7 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitPINE
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 38
5 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitDELWOOD
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitLGT #70
27 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitBIRCH
26 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresLassen-Modoc UnitCEDAR
22 September 2018Arson/incendiarism54 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCOPPER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lassen 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 Robbers Creek: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Diatomite. 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
Unnamed LocationDiatomiteOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrenceGold
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Lassen 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
Lasco4.0 miles21
Westwood4.4 miles25
Pine Town4.6 miles22
Westwood Junction5.3 miles21
Clear Creek5.5 miles25
Coppervale5.5 miles22
Norvell8.0 miles25
Goumaz (historical)8.1 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 Q7340816The 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 1659523. 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.