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Twin Lakes, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lower Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95457. It stands on Clayton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lower Lake quadrangle. It stands 1,434 feet above sea level.

Twin Lakes within Lake County

Then and now

1945 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Twin Lakes, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Twin Lakes, surveyed 1945

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

324 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 324 fires within 5 miles of Twin Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,938 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined121
Equipment and vehicle use97
Debris and open burning38
Arson/incendiarism29
Smoking13
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural6
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBIG CANYON RD / SEIGLER C
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitANDERSON
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPOINT
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.7 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMORGAN
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSUNRISE
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresNorthern California DistrictMORGAN
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHOMAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Twin Lakes: 20 occurrences, 8 unknowns, 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Chromium, Manganese, Asbestos. 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
Baker Soda SpringGeothermalUnknown
Seigler SpringsStoneUnknown
Unnamed LocationTinOccurrence
Clear Lake Gem Mining Company Or & Near Perini HillGemstoneOccurrence
Clearlake Gem Mining CompanyGemstoneOccurrence
Seigler SpringsStone, DimensionOccurrence
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrence
Hitchcock Brothers CindersPumiceProducer
Red PitPumiceProducer
Roundtop Mtn QuarryPumiceProducer

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Lower Lake1.8 miles22
Howard Springs3.5 miles20
Seigler Springs3.8 miles20
Bonanza Springs3.9 miles20
Ettawa Springs4.7 miles20
Clearlake Highlands5.1 miles21
Clearlake5.1 miles21
Loch Lomond5.6 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.

Wikidata item Q7858201The 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 1766153. 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.