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Salminas Resort, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Cobb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95451. It lies near Seigler Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Clearlake Highlands quadrangle. It stands 2,602 feet above sea level.

Salminas Resort within Lake County

Then and now

1945 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Salminas Resort, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Salminas Resort, surveyed 1945

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

254 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Salminas Resort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 80,154 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined102
Equipment and vehicle use57
Debris and open burning50
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking9
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCDF KONOCTI CAMP KELSEYVI
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBIG CANYON RD / SEIGLER C
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGHLAND
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitYOGI
4 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitOBSERVATION
30 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMANNING #2
3 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLOCH LOMOND
3 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use35 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMIDDLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 57 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Salminas Resort: 34 occurrences, 16 unknowns, 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Mercury, Stone, Stone, Dimension. 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
S-Bar-S RanchDiamondOccurrence
S-Bar-S RanchDiatomiteUnknown
Unnamed LocationTinOccurrence
Auschivitz PropertySulfurUnknown
Auschwitz PropertySulfurOccurrence
Clear Lake Gem Mining Company Or & Near Perini HillGemstoneOccurrence
Clearlake Gem Mining CompanyGemstoneOccurrence
Copany and Jones ProspectAsbestosUnknown
Copsey and Jones ProspectAsbestosOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Sunrise Vista0.4 miles21
Mount Hannah Lodge0.8 miles21
Loch Lomond1.0 miles20
Adams1.4 miles20
Seigler Springs2.1 miles20
Hobergs2.2 miles20
Glenbrook2.3 miles18
Glenview2.3 miles20

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 Q7405466The 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 1656273. 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.