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Westhaven, California

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the North Coastal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95570. It stands on Luffenholtz Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crannell quadrangle. It stands 328 feet above sea level.

Westhaven within Humboldt County

Then and now

1945 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 37 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Westhaven, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Westhaven, surveyed 1945

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

190 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Westhaven between 1992 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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/undetermined75
Debris and open burning32
Recreation and ceremony27
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism15
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking3
Fireworks1

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 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthern California DistrictWAGON
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNorthern California DistrictCOVE
8 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte Unitnot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBEACH
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCLAM
7 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitQUARRY
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCOVE
4 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionOKEGA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Westhaven: 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Platinum, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
A-21 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Little RiverGold, PlatinumOccurrence
Little RiverGold, PlatinumProducerBeach Placer
Trinidad QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
WaltherGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westhaven in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 hail. The reports record 3 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022HailWesthaven3 hurtSmall hail covered the roadway causing a car to spin out into another vehicle. 3 injuries total and 2 of them major.

Every storm recorded in Humboldt 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
Moonstone0.4 miles13
Crannell2.2 miles13
Trinidad2.3 miles11
Tsurau (historical)2.3 miles11
Clam Beach2.9 miles21
McKinleyville6.2 miles21
Fieldbrook6.3 miles21
Patricks Point6.5 miles11

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 WesthavenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7988873The 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 237548. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.