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Tatu, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Covelo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95490. It stands on Tatu Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dos Rios quadrangle. It stands 971 feet above sea level.

Tatu within Mendocino County

Then and now

1951 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tatu, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Tatu, surveyed 1951

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Tatu between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,203 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined17
Natural16
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism11
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Debris and open burning5
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 105
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3334
5 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresRound Valley Indian TribesDAVIS
4 September 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIOS
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitLIGHTNING #61
3 September 2003Natural1.2 acresMendocino UnitLIGHTNING # 73
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitLIGHTNING 79
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitPOONKENY RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Tatu: 6 producers, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Diamond H. Ranck QuarryStoneProducer
Poonkinney QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
RowlisonManganeseOccurrencePsilomelane, Pyrolusite
Rowlison ProspectManganeseOccurrence1942
Cable Creek BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eel River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Legal Bridge BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rowlands Bar PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
Farley3.2 miles15
Dos Rios4.1 miles16
Indian Springs5.4 miles16
Laytonville7.6 miles15
Woodman8.1 miles15
Longvale8.4 miles14
Arnold10.0 miles14
Marks Place10.4 miles16

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 Q7688493The 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 1656356. 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.