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Vista Robles, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Palermo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95966. The Survey maps it on the Palermo quadrangle. It stands 141 feet above sea level.

Vista Robles within Butte County

Then and now

1888 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Vista Robles, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Vista Robles, surveyed 1888

On record in Vista Robles

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

948 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 948 fires within 5 miles of Vista Robles between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,345 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 132 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/undetermined362
Equipment and vehicle use250
Arson/incendiarism132
Debris and open burning116
Misuse of fire by a minor54
Smoking15
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionR61D
9 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitBANGOR
9 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresButte UnitPALERMO
8 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGRUBBS
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHONCUT
8 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreButte UnitVILLA
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresButte UnitWILD
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHONCUT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Vista Robles: 10 occurrences, 9 past producers, 9 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Clay. 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
Feather River DistrictGold, Iridium, Platinum, OsmiumPast Producer1849, 1895
Hammett Talkings RockStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kaiser, Henry J. Co. Betchel-Kaiser Rock CoSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceSedimentary
OrovilleSilver, GoldPast Producer
Oroville DistrictGold, PlatinumPast Producer1849
LundClayProducerSedimentary
LundClayPast Producer
LemrohGold, SilverPast Producer
OrovilleGold, SilverUnknown
StenersonGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Butte 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
Palermo1.3 miles25
Oak Grove2.8 miles25
Lava Beds (historical)3.8 miles25
Robinsons Corner4.9 miles21
Hume (historical)5.2 miles22
Wyandotte5.2 miles25
Richland (historical)5.2 miles22
South Oroville5.2 miles25

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 Q7936464The 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 1660108. 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.