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Ueland Place, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mad River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95552. It stands on Hetten Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ruth Lake quadrangle.

Ueland Place within Trinity County

Then and now

1918 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ueland Place, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Ueland Place, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Ueland Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20,450 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 15 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
Natural51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony21
Arson/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning9
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSix Rivers National ForestRODEO
30 September 1999Smokingunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSTUMP
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestPICKETT
27 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSix Rivers National ForestSCOUT
26 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestPICKETT
24 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSPROUT
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestTHIRTY SIX
2 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestBAILEY 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Ueland Place: 9 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Calcium, Manganese, Silica, Gold, Copper, Manganese, Silica. 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
Eagle P M CGoldProspect
Hale Creek MineCopper, Manganese, SilicaPast Producer1941
White Oak ProspectCalcium, Manganese, SilicaPast Producer1942
Apple FlatManganeseOccurrence
Apple Flat ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Apple Flat ProspectManganeseProspect1942
Black BirdManganeseOccurrence
Black Bird ClaimManganeseOccurrence
Black HawkManganeseOccurrence
Black HawkManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Trinity 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
Ruth5.0 miles17
Forest Glen5.6 miles17
Norgaar (historical)7.1 miles16
Graham Place7.9 miles16
Sids Place8.0 miles16
Zenia9.0 miles18
Murphy Place9.4 miles15
Yellowjacket Place10.6 miles17

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 Q122541371The 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 1660070. 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.