Southport Landing, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Fortuna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95551. It sits by Table Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Fields Landing quadrangle.
Then and now
1944 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 43 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
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1944 USGS Fortuna quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Fields Landing quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Fortuna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
110 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Southport Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 2 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 | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | MARSH |
| 9 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | BLUFF |
| 8 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LOLETA |
| 27 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | MORGAN |
| 26 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CARROLL RD LOLETA |
| 24 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LOLETA |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge | DAVIES |
| 22 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CANNIBAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Southport Landing: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Table Bluff | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Bluff Rancheria | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Hookton | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Fields Landing | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Beatrice | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Table Bluff | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| King Salmon | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Humboldt Hill | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Spruce Point | 4.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656322. 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.






