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Soda Springs, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Willits census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95490. It stands on Burbeck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burbeck quadrangle. It stands 741 feet above sea level.

Soda Springs within Mendocino County

Then and now

1922 to 1991

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 Soda Springs, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Soda Springs, surveyed 1922

Compare 1922 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

207 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Soda Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 318 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined69
Debris and open burning36
Equipment and vehicle use22
Arson/incendiarism22
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Natural11
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking6
Other causes1

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
8 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino UnitROAD
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMendocino UnitPOPPY 3
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitSPRING
5 September 2015Railroad operations and maintenance1.6 acresMendocino UnitSUMMIT
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino UnitPOND
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFANBLADE
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitPOPPY
30 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitSMITH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Soda Springs: 2 producers, 1 prospect. 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
Longvale PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Knight ProspectManganeseProspect1942
Skagg's Springs DepositManganeseProducer

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
Clare Mill0.5 miles15
Burbeck0.7 miles15
Crowley1.0 miles15
Shake City1.8 miles15
Brooktrails3.0 miles15
Upp4.1 miles16
Simerson4.2 miles16
Rowes (historical)4.3 miles15

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 Soda SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7553190The 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 1659812. 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.