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Tenmile, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the East Tehama census division. It lies in Tenmile Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Acorn Hollow quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tenmile within Tehama County

Then and now

1886 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tenmile (historical), surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Tenmile (historical), surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

7 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Tenmile (historical) between 1993 and 2013, burning about 12,047 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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
18 September 1994Natural200 acresTehama-Glenn UnitLASSEN T
9 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitHUMBOLT
23 August 2013Power generation/transmission/distribution11,429 acresLassen National ForestDEER
14 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitDEER
6 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitC13
21 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitTYLER
13 July 1996Natural416 acresTehama-Glenn UnitDEER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama 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 Tenmile (historical): 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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
Carmichael Rock QuarryStoneProducer
Reported OccurrencesGoldUnknown

Every working 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
Favinger Place2.3 miles28
Buena Vista4.5 miles31
Roberts Place5.3 miles31
Thompson Place6.3 miles28
Los Molinos8.6 miles26
Wells Place8.8 miles28
Ensign (historical)9.1 miles18
Tehama9.6 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1666426. 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.