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Tionesta, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Newell census division. The Survey maps it on the Perez quadrangle. It stands 4,278 feet above sea level.

Tionesta within Modoc County

Then and now

1886 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tionesta, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Tionesta, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Tionesta between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,128 acres in total. 44 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
Natural44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestCINDERELLA
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestPLANT
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestJONAS
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestRODNEY
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestWISTER
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreModoc National ForestLOST
8 August 2017Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestWELL
8 August 2001Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestTOP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Modoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tionesta: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, 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
Great Northern Railroad DepositStoneOccurrenceCinders
Great Northern Railroad DepositPumiceProducer
Tionesta AggregatePumiceProducer

Every working recorded in Modoc 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
Kephart4.0 miles25
Perez4.4 miles26
Mammoth6.0 miles26
Meares7.1 miles24
Cornell10.6 miles24
Hackamore12.6 miles24
Hollenbeck (historical)12.9 miles21
Kandra13.0 miles24

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 TionestaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7808721The 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 1660004. 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.