BlockSummerville, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Tehama census division. It sits by Mill Creek Rim. The Survey maps it on the Barkley Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1886 to 1995The 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.
Compare 1886 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 27 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 Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1935 USGS Paynes Creek quadrangle1:96000
- 1941 USGS Mineral quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Butte Meadows quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Lake Almanor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Barkley Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Barkley Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Summerville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 114,304 acres in total. 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | Lassen National Forest | WINDY |
| 3 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Butte Unit | LOMO |
| 28 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60,390 acres | Lassen National Forest | GUN 2 |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | LIGHTNING 1-1 |
| 19 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | RIM FIRE |
| 18 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | SHEEP TAC 3 |
| 18 September 1994 | Natural | 44,683 acres | Lassen National Forest | BARKLEY |
| 18 September 1994 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Butte Unit | SUGAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savercool Place | 0.7 miles | 27 | |
| Yellowjacket | 3.1 miles | 27 | |
| Avery Place | 5.3 miles | 28 | |
| Polk Springs | 5.5 miles | 27 | |
| Peligreen Place | 5.7 miles | 28 | |
| Pape Place | 6.7 miles | 28 | |
| Lyonsville | 8.4 miles | 27 | |
| Finley Place | 9.0 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1682346. 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.