BlockThompson Place, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Tehama census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96055. It lies near Dewitt Peak. The Survey maps it on the Dewitt Peak quadrangle.
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 28 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
- 1953 USGS Panther Spring quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Dewitt Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Lake Almanor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Dewitt Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Thompson Place between 1992 and 2017, burning about 35 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.5 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | PRESERVE |
| 24 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | HOGS BACK |
| 9 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | HUMBOLT |
| 6 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | C13 |
| 28 July 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | COLE |
| 2 July 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | HOGSBACK |
| 16 July 1992 | Natural | 20 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | HOG 1 |
| 21 November 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Place | 3.4 miles | 28 | |
| Facht Place | 5.7 miles | 28 | |
| Tenmile (historical) | 6.3 miles | 28 | |
| Payne Place | 7.2 miles | 28 | |
| Meyers Place | 7.9 miles | 27 | |
| Favinger Place | 8.0 miles | 28 | |
| Dairyville | 8.1 miles | 26 | |
| Pape Place | 9.1 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656364. 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.