Rotavele, California
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Orland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95951. It stands on Stony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ord Ferry quadrangle. It stands 131 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1906 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


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.
- 1906 USGS Willows quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1914 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Hamilton City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Hamilton City quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Willows quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Willows quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Rotavele between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,017 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | RIVER |
| 28 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | RIVER |
| 27 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | RIVER RD. |
| 26 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 130 acres | Butte Unit | DAYTON |
| 24 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Butte Unit | MITCHEL |
| 13 September 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Butte Unit | RIVER |
| 12 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Unit | 32 FIRE |
| 9 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.6 acres | Sutter National Wildlife Refuge | SUTTER T1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rotavele: 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton City Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Pit No 1 Dist No 15 Cow Creek | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stoney Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroeville (historical) | 1.3 miles | 26 | |
| Ordbend | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Hamilton City | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Mills Orchard | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Jacinto | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Bayliss | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Capay | 8.9 miles | 19 | |
| Cory | 9.8 miles | 18 |
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 Q7370332 | 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 1659549. 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.







