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Stegeman, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Colusa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95932. The Survey maps it on the Moulton Weir quadrangle. It stands 79 feet above sea level.

Stegeman within Colusa County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stegeman, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Stegeman, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Stegeman between 1992 and 2019, burning about 109 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2008Debris and open burning65 acresDelevan National Wildlife RefugeDELEVAN ROAD ASSIST
29 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSacramento National Wildlife Refuge4-MILE
25 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeDRUMHELLER
24 August 2005Debris and open burning6.2 acresSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeDRUMHELLER
13 August 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSacramento National Wildlife RefugeFISHING
8 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeDRUMHELLER #1
8 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeDRUMHELLER#3
8 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeDRUMHELLER #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colusa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Stegeman: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Princeton Ranch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
San Juan MineGoldPlant1996

Every working recorded in Colusa County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stegeman in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2024FloodStegeman-California Highway Patrol reported flooding on State Route 45 near Stegeman across half of the southbound lane.
February 2019Tornado (EF0)Stegeman-On February 2, 2019 there was a brief tornado touchdown at the Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge north of Colusa. A weather spotter took a video of the touchdown, which occurred in a wetlands area. No damage was reported.
February 2019Funnel CloudStegeman-A trained spotter reported a well defined wall cloud with a funnel cloud north of Colusa.

Every storm recorded in Colusa 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
Princeton3.3 miles15
Colusa Rancheria7.4 miles16
Delevan8.6 miles15
Colusa9.9 miles19
Arbee10.3 miles24
Maxwell10.3 miles15
Cortena12.7 miles17
Delphos13.8 miles17

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 Q7606679The 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 1659866. 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.