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.
Then and now
1921 to 1979The 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 sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1921 USGS Dyerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Weott quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Weott quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1969 USGS Redcrest quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Garberville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
146 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | FORD |
| 3 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | REDWOOD |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | REDCREST 3 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | REDCREST 2 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | REDCREST 1 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | BRIDGE CREEK |
| 29 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 147 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LARABEE |
| 28 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LOWER HIGH ROCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook's Calley Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Van Duzen Gravel Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Weeds Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Woods Prospect | Manganese | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2017Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Heavy Rain | Shively | $500,000 | Landslide near mile post 42 on the Avenue of the Giants. |
| March 2024 | Flood | Shively | - | Highway 254 flooded, Avenue of the Giants. Law enforcement reported 1 mile south southeast of Shively, CA. LAT. 40.42N, LONG. -123.96W. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Shively | - | Heavy rain caused an earth slide across HWY 101. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Shively | - | Roadway closed due to flooding. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Shively | - | Southbound SR-254 closed due to flooding from Holmes Flat Road to Bear Creek Bridge. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pepperwood | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Holmes | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Redcrest | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Larabee | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Elinor (historical) | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Englewood | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Riverside Park | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Stafford | 4.7 miles | 12 |
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 Shively | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7499370 | 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 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.





