BlockSmith, California
11 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 95554. It stands on Beatty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Myers Flat quadrangle. It stands 213 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.
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 11 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 Myers Flat quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Garberville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Smith (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 608 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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 | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | JIM |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | COLLINS |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 140 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | COLONY |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | SALMON |
| 6 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LARABEE |
| 4 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | EEL |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | PERROT |
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | BRIDGEVILLE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanoak (historical) | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Whitlow | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Eel Rock | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Glen | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Fruitland | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| McCann | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Brock Creek (historical) | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Miranda | 6.1 miles | 15 |
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 Q7544884 | 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 1665547. 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.