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Shively, California

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Garberville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95565. It stands on Shively Flat. The Survey maps it on the Redcrest quadrangle. It stands 144 feet above sea level.

Shively within Humboldt County

Then and now

1921 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shively, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Shively, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Shively between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,520 acres in total. 11 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/undetermined52
Equipment and vehicle use25
Debris and open burning19
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFORD
3 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitREDWOOD
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitREDCREST 3
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitREDCREST 2
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitREDCREST 1
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBRIDGE CREEK
29 September 1995Debris and open burning147 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLARABEE
28 September 1995Debris and open burning20 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLOWER HIGH ROCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Shively: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Cook's Calley Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Van Duzen Gravel BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Weeds ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Woods ProspectManganeseUnknown

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Storms near this place

5 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shively in 5 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 4 flood, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2017Heavy RainShively$500,000Landslide near mile post 42 on the Avenue of the Giants.
March 2024FloodShively-Highway 254 flooded, Avenue of the Giants. Law enforcement reported 1 mile south southeast of Shively, CA. LAT. 40.42N, LONG. -123.96W.
January 2023FloodShively-Heavy rain caused an earth slide across HWY 101.
January 2023FloodShively-Roadway closed due to flooding.
February 2019FloodShively-Southbound SR-254 closed due to flooding from Holmes Flat Road to Bear Creek Bridge.

Every storm recorded in Humboldt 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
Pepperwood1.6 miles12
Holmes1.8 miles12
Redcrest2.3 miles12
Larabee2.7 miles12
Elinor (historical)2.8 miles12
Englewood2.9 miles12
Riverside Park4.6 miles12
Stafford4.7 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on ShivelyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7499370The 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 1659651. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.