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Termo, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Madeline Plains census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96123. The Survey maps it on the Termo quadrangle. It stands 5,305 feet above sea level.

Termo within Lassen County

Then and now

1886 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Termo, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Termo, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Termo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,497 acres in total. 24 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
Natural24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Other causes4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresNorthern California DistrictJONES
25 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictHAY
12 September 2017Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictW4 MCDONALD PEAK
4 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictRIDGE
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictTHREE
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictRIDGE
28 August 2019Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictW 2 KIRBY
27 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNorthern California DistrictTERMO 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lassen County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Termo: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Lassen 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
Moran2.9 miles21
Ravendale6.8 miles20
Brockman7.1 miles21
Crest10.8 miles20
Shumway11.8 miles19
Madeline12.8 miles20
Horse Lake13.6 miles19
Pinnio14.4 miles20

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 TermoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7702901The 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 1659972. 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.