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Rose Place, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Upper Lake-Nice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95485. It lies near Ladder Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Bartlett Mountain quadrangle. It stands 3,113 feet above sea level.

Rose Place within Lake County

Then and now

1938 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rose Place, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Rose Place, surveyed 1938

Compare 1938 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

186 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Rose Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,789 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined60
Equipment and vehicle use38
Arson/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning17
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural6
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
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 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSPRINGE
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 29
5 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSAM # 2
5 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSAM # 1
3 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionE HWY 20 / FOOTHILL BL
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.7 acresMendocino National ForestFOOTHILL
27 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitROBINSON
27 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitALEXANDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Rose Place: 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Asbestos, Mercury, Aluminum. 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 LocationAluminumProspect
UnknownAsbestosOccurrence
Unnamed LocationAsbestosOccurrence
UtopiaMercuryPast ProducerCinnabar
Utopia MineMercuryUnknown
BuckeyeManganeseOccurrence
Buckeye and Red BudManganeseOccurrence
Rose RanchManganeseProspect
Rose RanchManganeseProspect1942

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Nice3.3 miles21
Wild Bill Place4.9 miles22
Upper Lake4.9 miles21
Lucerne5.3 miles21
Newman Springs5.8 miles16
Bartlett Springs6.1 miles16
Pepperwood Grove7.7 miles21
Saratoga Springs8.7 miles21

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 Q7367897The 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 1659542. 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.