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Round Valley, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies near Bellas Flat. The Survey maps it on the Crescent Mills quadrangle. It stands 4,521 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Round Valley within Plumas County

Then and now

1886 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Round Valley (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Round Valley (historical), surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

226 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Round Valley (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 311 acres in total. 90 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
Natural90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Debris and open burning25
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism6
Other causes5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acrePlumas National ForestHOT
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePlumas National ForestWOLF 3
6 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePlumas National ForestWOLF
6 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePlumas National ForestWOLF 2
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestONION
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestHORSE
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestFALLS
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestDAWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 95 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 95 workings within 5 miles of Round Valley (historical): 38 occurrences, 24 past producers, 16 unknowns, 11 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Silver, Chromium. 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
Feather River QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gold Stripe ClaimChromium, GoldOccurrenceChromite
Lakeview Valley ViSilica, ManganesePast Producer
Standart MineGold, SilverProducer
Sunset GroupManganese, Aluminum, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, SilicaPast Producer1917
Unnamed LocationTitanium, ZirconiumOccurrence
Western StarGold, Limestone, DimensionOccurrence
Wolf Creek ClaimIron, ChromiumPast Producer1916
Wolf Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
ShooflyCopperOccurrenceBornite

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
Greenville1.9 miles23
Moccasin3.2 miles24
Crescent Mills3.3 miles24
Indian Falls4.1 miles24
Paxton5.6 miles24
Seneca6.2 miles25
Canyondam6.8 miles27
Keddie7.0 miles24

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 Round Valley (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7371173The 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 1666190. 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.