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.
Then and now
1886 to 1988The 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 sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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 Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
- 1984 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Shaffer Mtn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | R1 DAWN |
| 14 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | VIEWLAND |
| 8 August 2001 | Natural | 1,022 acres | Northern California District | SHAFFER |
| 29 August 2017 | Natural | 6,039 acres | Northern California District | MUD |
| 27 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Northern California District | VIEWLAND |
| 24 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | CROSSROADS |
| 22 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northern California District | TRANS |
| 21 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | SCHAFFER R 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Leaf Mine | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Standish Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Viewland Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendel | 6.2 miles | 20 | |
| Litchfield | 6.5 miles | 21 | |
| Karlo | 8.5 miles | 19 | |
| Standish | 8.8 miles | 21 | |
| Belfast | 9.1 miles | 21 | |
| The Crossing | 11.0 miles | 21 | |
| Edgemont (historical) | 12.0 miles | 21 | |
| Edgemont | 12.2 miles | 21 |
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 Q7928803 | The 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.










