BlockScotty Place, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Big Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96006. It lies near Foster Draw. The Survey maps it on the Lane Reservoir quadrangle. It stands 4,521 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1886 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1886 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Adin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Lane Reservoir quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Lane Reservoir quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Scotty Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 65 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | LIGHTNING #39 |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | LGT 92 |
| 30 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | 768 |
| 29 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | 768 |
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern California District | WILL |
| 12 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | AMBROSE |
| 7 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | 3-9 WHIT |
| 7 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | 3-5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Ryan Place | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Avila Place | 5.6 miles | 22 | |
| Leonard | 8.4 miles | 21 | |
| Hot Springs | 8.9 miles | 21 | |
| Hayden Hill | 8.9 miles | 21 | |
| Pumpkin Center | 12.4 miles | 21 | |
| Bieber | 14.3 miles | 21 | |
| Nubieber | 16.5 miles | 21 |
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 Q7438236 | 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 1659617. 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.