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Westlund Place, California

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Garberville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95545. It lies near Stewart Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Honeydew quadrangle.

Westlund Place within Humboldt County

Then and now

1920 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Westlund Place, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Westlund Place, surveyed 1920

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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Westlund Place between 1992 and 2018, burning about 32 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined10
Natural6
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictFOX 2
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictPHERONIES
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitRAIL PILE
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictHUU RAIL
3 September 2003Natural2.0 acresNorthern California DistrictHUU GILL
28 September 2008Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresNorthern California DistrictHUU MATOLE
27 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.7 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLOOP
19 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMAST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Scott Place2.1 miles13
Hunter Place3.8 miles13
Honeydew5.6 miles13
Ettersburg6.7 miles16
Bull Creek7.1 miles13
Burlington7.7 miles12
Myers Flat8.1 miles11
Dyerville (historical)9.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660153. 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.