Sheepshead, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Big Valley census division. It lies near Sheephead Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Sheepshead quadrangle. It stands 5,800 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 109 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
12 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 Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Hayden Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Sheepshead quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Sheepshead quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Sheepshead between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,733 acres in total. 82 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 82 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | LGT 83 |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | LMU LGT 76 |
| 4 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | LIGHTNIHG 37 |
| 30 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | SLATE |
| 15 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | LTG 81 |
| 15 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | LTG 84 |
| 9 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | 1-7 HEATH |
| 8 August 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | LMU LGT 44 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Hill | 10.2 miles | 21 | |
| Stones Landing | 11.2 miles | 21 | |
| Avila Place | 13.1 miles | 22 | |
| Spalding Tract | 14.2 miles | 21 | |
| Moran | 18.0 miles | 21 | |
| Scotty Place | 18.7 miles | 22 | |
| Brockman | 18.8 miles | 21 | |
| Little Valley | 18.9 miles | 26 |
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 Q7492461 | 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 1659638. 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.











