Standish, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Susanville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96128. It stands on Fish Slough. The Survey maps it on the Standish quadrangle. It stands 4,049 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Standish
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Standish Halllisted 2005
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1886 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Standish quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Standish quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Standish between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,844 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | 1-1 BALD |
| 4 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Northern California District | SPRING |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | CENTER |
| 21 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.7 acres | Northern California District | LITCHFIELD |
| 19 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | SHAFFER |
| 17 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | BLUE 2 |
| 15 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 170 acres | Northern California District | BYERS |
| 12 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | 1-1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Standish: 3 producers, 3 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ward Lake Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Standish Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Standish in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Flood | Standish | - | Minor flooding of the Susan River in Susanville with some agricultural flooding and water over Cutoff road off Highway 395 near Standish. Water remained there and over Mapes and Capazzoli Roads near Standish and downstream impacts along the Susan continued through the end of the year, though were minor with the water reported to be slow and shallow. This water eventually drains into Honey Lake, which is a dry lake basin otherwise. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Litchfield | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Edgemont (historical) | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Edgemont | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Belfast | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Leavitt | 5.9 miles | 23 | |
| Buntingville | 6.4 miles | 21 | |
| Janesville | 7.2 miles | 22 | |
| Viewland | 8.8 miles | 20 |
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 Standish | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7598633 | 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 1659856. 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.











