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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.

Sheepshead within Lassen County

Then and now

1886 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Sheepshead, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Sheepshead, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

90 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 1999Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLGT 83
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLMU LGT 76
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNIHG 37
30 September 2001Naturalunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitSLATE
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLTG 81
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLTG 84
9 August 2015Naturalunder an acreLassen-Modoc Unit1-7 HEATH
8 August 2001Natural1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictLMU LGT 44

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lassen 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
Hayden Hill10.2 miles21
Stones Landing11.2 miles21
Avila Place13.1 miles22
Spalding Tract14.2 miles21
Moran18.0 miles21
Scotty Place18.7 miles22
Brockman18.8 miles21
Little Valley18.9 miles26

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 Q7492461The 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.