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Tehama, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Red Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96090. It stands on Rodeo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Los Molinos quadrangle. 435 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 210 feet above sea level.

Tehama within Tehama County

Then and now

1890 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tehama, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Tehama, surveyed 1890

On record in Tehama

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

Population over time

2 figures

Tehama grew from 418 to 435 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010418
2020435+17 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 26 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

645 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 645 fires within 5 miles of Tehama between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,972 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined260
Equipment and vehicle use170
Debris and open burning118
Arson/incendiarism35
Smoking32
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeTORRES, L.
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTehama-Glenn UnitMAGNOLIA
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGRANT
7 September 2014Smokingunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitWORTHINGTON
6 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresTehama-Glenn UnitTRUCKEE
6 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitGUTIERREZ,P
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitROADSIDE
6 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTehama-Glenn UnitROWEN,C

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Tehama: 9 producers. All of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Vina Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Clement Avenue Gravel BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Doyle Pit #17Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fox's Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Piedmont Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Richfield Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thomas Creek ExtractionSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thomas Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thomes Creek Gravel BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tehama County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tehama in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2019: 2 flood, 1 flash 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 2012Flash FloodTehama$5,000Several hours of heavy rainfall from training storms caused local flooding in low-lying areas in Shasta County and parts of north Tehama County. Redding airport received approximately 1.75 inches of rain from 10am Nov. 20 to 10am Nov. 21st, but approximately 1.25 inches of that occurred from 2am-10am Nov 21st. Shasta Dam received approximately 3.50 to 4 inches of rain in that 24 hour period. The Corning area received approximately 0.37 inches. KRCR reported flash flooding at Hall Road along Thomes Creek where the creek rose significantly and flooded the low-lying area. At approximately 815am, a man from a vehicle had to be rescued by a CalFire helicopter as the car became mostly submerged in rushing water after driving across Hall Rd that was water-covered from the swollen creek water. The rushing water swept his vehicle. Other areas nearby were reported to have ponding of water on the roads.
February 2019FloodTehama-Fifth street in the city of Tehama, leading into Gyle Road was closed.
December 2014FloodTehama-There were closures numerous roads near Tehama City, between Red Bluff and Corning. These include Rawson Road-North of Gyle Road, Rawson Road-between Corona Ave and Chittenden, Rawson Road-between Dusty Way and Chard Ave,|Cone Grove Road, Christian Road, Ingraham Road, Woodland Avenue, Tehama Avenue,|Flores Avenue, Capay Road, Shasta Boulevard between 8th and 62nd, Craig Avenue|Hamilton Avenue (Gerber Area), Corning Road (Rawson Road to Black Butte), Bray Avenue, Electric Avenue, Barham Avenue at Finnell Avenue, Gyle Road from Hwy 99w through the City of Tehama, and Kauffman Avenue.

Every storm recorded in Tehama 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
Los Molinos1.3 miles26
Gerber2.5 miles26
El Camino2.7 miles26
Ensign (historical)3.4 miles18
Kiska3.5 miles26
Las Flores3.7 miles26
Proberta4.5 miles26
Richfield4.6 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.

Wikipedia article on TehamaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2205944The 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 1659964. 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.