BlockScott Place, California
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Garberville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95545. It lies near Buckeye Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Honeydew quadrangle.
Then and now
1920 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 69 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 13 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.
- 1920 USGS Pt. Delagda quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Point Delgada quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Point Delgada quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Honeydew quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Cape Mendocino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Scott Place between 1992 and 2019, burning about 13,898 acres in total. 8 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | WILDER RIDGE RD MATTOL 2 |
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LANDERGEN |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | FOX 2 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 13,846 acres | Northern California District | LIGHTNING HONEYDEW4M |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | PHERONIES |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | RAIL PILE |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | HUU RAIL |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Northern California District | HUU GILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westlund Place | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Hunter Place | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Ettersburg | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Honeydew | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bull Creek | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Myers Flat | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| Burlington | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Briceland | 9.8 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659613. 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.