BlockViola, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Central Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96088. It lies near Scharsch Meadows. The Survey maps it on the Viola quadrangle. It stands 4,439 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 109 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
15 surveys from 29 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 Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1935 USGS Burney quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Burney quadrangle1:96000
- 1939 USGS Burney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Manzanita Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Burney quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Viola quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Viola quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Viola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | LIGHTNING #30 |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | CHERRY |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | BATTLE |
| 28 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | DEER |
| 26 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MCCUMBER |
| 26 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | EMIGRANT |
| 25 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | 17 |
| 19 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SHENANDOAH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastman Place | 2.9 miles | 29 | |
| Summertown | 6.1 miles | 30 | |
| Manzanita Lake | 6.3 miles | 30 | |
| Beal Place | 6.7 miles | 29 | |
| Bateman Place | 8.0 miles | 29 | |
| Shingletown | 11.3 miles | 25 | |
| Whittington Place | 13.2 miles | 29 | |
| Redwoods | 14.7 miles | 28 |
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 Viola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30623026 | 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 1660106. 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.