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Sherburns, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Covelo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95428. It stands on Black Butte River. The Survey maps it on the Newhouse Ridge quadrangle. It stands 1,512 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sherburns within Mendocino County

Then and now

1926 to 1995

The 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 sheet of Sherburns (historical), surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Sherburns (historical), surveyed 1926

Compare 1926 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Sherburns (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 44,413 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural15
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2
Smoking1

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
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMendocino UnitSILVER CREEK
4 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthern California DistrictFOOTHILL
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMendocino UnitPOOR
30 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitMINA 1
11 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMendocino UnitMENDOCINO
10 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMendocino National ForestPASS 2
1 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthern California DistrictWILLIAMS
8 August 1998Smokingunder an acreMendocino National ForestBOARDMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Sherburns (historical): 11 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
ShieldsClayOccurrence
Eel River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hamm BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
ShieldsChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Unnamed DepositChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Bereton MineManganesePast Producer1917
Big BendManganeseOccurrencePsilomelane, Pyrolusite
Big Bend ClaimsManganeseOccurrence1917
Brereton Ew Year, Old CountryManganesePast ProducerRhodochrosite
Jump Off CreekManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
McClure Place3.5 miles16
Reeves Place4.6 miles17
Cubbler Place6.1 miles16
Hardy Place7.3 miles14
Bredehoft Place8.2 miles14
Covelo9.0 miles16
Marks Place9.3 miles16
Sunnyside (historical)9.9 miles18

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 Q7494780The 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 1666480. 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.