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Rogina Heights, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ukiah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95482. It stands on McClure Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ukiah quadrangle. It stands 925 feet above sea level.

Rogina Heights within Mendocino County

Then and now

1920 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rogina Heights, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Rogina Heights, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

332 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 332 fires within 5 miles of Rogina Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,269 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 55 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/undetermined130
Equipment and vehicle use56
Arson/incendiarism55
Debris and open burning48
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Firearms and explosives use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMendocino UnitVICHY
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMendocino UnitBURKE
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMendocino UnitGUN
8 September 1993Smokingunder an acreMendocino UnitPARK
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMendocino UnitAHUV - STHH 2
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMendocino UnitLOW GAP
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.3 acresMendocino UnitGUN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Rogina Heights: 5 producers, 5 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Chromium, 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
EmpressMercuryOccurrence
GibsonStone, DimensionUnknown
Krueger QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
MooreChromiumOccurrenceChromite
MooreClayOccurrence
Vichy SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Buck RidgeManganeseOccurrence
Buck Ridge ProspectManganeseOccurrence1918
Freitas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Freitas Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
Talmage1.1 miles15
Vichy Springs1.5 miles15
Asylum1.8 miles15
Ukiah1.8 miles15
Presswood2.2 miles15
The Forks3.5 miles15
El Roble4.1 miles17
Ukiah Rancheria4.1 miles17

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 Q7308479The 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 1659497. 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.