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Wells Place, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Tehama census division. It lies near Dead Cow Flat. The Survey maps it on the Dewitt Peak quadrangle.

Wells Place within Tehama County

Then and now

1886 to 1995

The 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 sheet of Wells Place, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Wells Place, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Wells Place between 1992 and 2017, burning about 241 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined4
Natural3
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
24 September 2001Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictHOGS BACK
9 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitHUMBOLT
23 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTehama-Glenn UnitHOG
6 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitC13
4 July 2000Natural2.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitHOGSBACK
2 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionISHI
16 July 1992Natural20 acresTehama-Glenn UnitHOG 1
21 November 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTehama-Glenn Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama 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
Thompson Place3.4 miles28
Facht Place3.5 miles28
Payne Place3.8 miles28
Meyers Place4.8 miles27
Wade Place6.8 miles27
McKenzie Place6.9 miles27
Pape Place7.1 miles28
McClure Place7.4 miles27

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 Q122549960The 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 1656403. 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.