Wanhala, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fort Bragg census division. It stands on Middle Fork of North Fork Noyo River. The Survey maps it on the Northspur quadrangle. It stands 528 feet above sea level.

Wanhala within Mendocino County

Then and now

1920 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wanhala, surveyed 1991

Topographic sheet of Wanhala, surveyed 1920

Compare 1920 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1920 USGS Glenblair quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Glenblair quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Comptche quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1991 USGS Northspur quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Wanhala between 1993 and 2020, burning about 278 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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	10
Natural	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Arson/incendiarism	2
Smoking	1
Debris and open burning	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
7 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Central California Agency	BIA #8
3 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Mendocino Unit	LIGHTNING 80
3 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Mendocino Unit	LIGHTNING 30
3 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Mendocino Unit	LIGHTNING 77
3 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Mendocino Unit	LIGHTNING 29
3 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Mendocino Unit	LIGHTNING 23
3 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Mendocino Unit	LIGHTNING 16
22 September 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Mendocino Unit	SPURR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Marble Place	1.7 miles	14
Alpine	3.1 miles	14
Northspur	3.3 miles	14
Irmulco	3.7 miles	14
Shake City	5.0 miles	15
Burbeck	6.1 miles	15
Grove	6.5 miles	14
Sylvandale (historical)	6.6 miles	15

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 Q7967928

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 1724277. 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.