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Spalding Tract, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Westwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96130. It lies near Rankin Flat. The Survey maps it on the Spalding Tract quadrangle.

Spalding Tract within Lassen County

Then and now

1886 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Spalding Tract, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Spalding Tract, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Spalding Tract between 1992 and 2020, burning about 390 acres in total. 58 started naturally. None was 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
Natural58
Recreation and ceremony13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLMU ROCKY
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestSPALDING E-2
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLGT 79
25 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitLIGHTNING 76
24 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLassen National ForestIVY
18 September 1997Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestSPAULDING
13 September 2017Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestE-8 WELLS
12 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthern California DistrictROCKY PT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lassen 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 Spalding Tract: 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cinder PitStoneOccurrence
Cinder PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Cinder PitsStoneOccurrence
Cinder PitsStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Lassen 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
Stones Landing4.8 miles21
Sheepshead14.2 miles22
Shumway15.2 miles19
Norvell16.9 miles25
Goumaz (historical)17.2 miles22
Susanville17.5 miles22
Westwood Junction17.8 miles21
Lasco19.1 miles21

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 Q122569165The 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 1659837. 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.