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Viewland, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Honey Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96136. The Survey maps it on the Shaffer Mountain quadrangle. It stands 4,531 feet above sea level.

Viewland within Lassen County

Then and now

1886 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Viewland, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Viewland, 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Viewland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,400 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 3 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
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
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
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictR1 DAWN
14 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictVIEWLAND
8 August 2001Natural1,022 acresNorthern California DistrictSHAFFER
29 August 2017Natural6,039 acresNorthern California DistrictMUD
27 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthern California DistrictVIEWLAND
24 August 1996Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictCROSSROADS
22 August 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictTRANS
21 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictSCHAFFER R 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lassen County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Viewland: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver. 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
Gold Leaf MineGold, SilverProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Standish PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Viewland PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Wendel6.2 miles20
Litchfield6.5 miles21
Karlo8.5 miles19
Standish8.8 miles21
Belfast9.1 miles21
The Crossing11.0 miles21
Edgemont (historical)12.0 miles21
Edgemont12.2 miles21

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 Q7928803The 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 1660102. 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.