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Robinson Mills, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Feather Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95966. It lies near Sommey Flat. The Survey maps it on the Rackerby quadrangle. 89 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,654 feet above sea level.

Robinson Mills within Butte County

Then and now

1888 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 114 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Robinson Mills, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Robinson Mills, surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Robinson Mills grew from 80 to 89 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201080
202089+9 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 26 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

371 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 371 fires within 5 miles of Robinson Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,686 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined134
Equipment and vehicle use87
Debris and open burning69
Arson/incendiarism37
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural6
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreButte UnitMERCY
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMARTIN
8 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFRENCHTOWN RD / WILLOW GL
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLA PORTE
5 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitGREEN
4 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitREED
30 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.6 acresButte UnitGRAND
30 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitSWEDES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 132 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 132 workings within 5 miles of Robinson Mills: 51 past producers, 44 unknowns, 33 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bootjack Iron DepositIronProspect
Carlisle MineGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Forbestown Consolidated Gold MinesGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Gold Bank Consolidated QuartzGold, Silver, CopperProducer
Gold Bank Consolidated QuartzGold, Copper, SilverOccurrence
New York Flat PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
New OregonGold, LeadUnknown
New Oregon, Forty-NineGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
ArlingtonGold, SilverPast Producer
BulldogGold, SilverPast Producer

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
Old Forbestown3.1 miles27
Forbestown3.2 miles27
Hurleton3.5 miles25
Enterprise (historical)3.7 miles27
Swedes Flat (historical)4.4 miles26
Craig (historical)5.1 miles29
South Fork (historical)6.2 miles29
Hawk Ravine (historical)6.4 miles29

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.

Wikipedia article on Robinson MillsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6646131The 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 265465. 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.