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Westport, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Laytonville-Leggett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95488. It lies near Switzer Rock. The Survey maps it on the Westport quadrangle. It stands 125 feet above sea level.

Westport within Mendocino County

Then and now

1921 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Westport, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Westport, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Westport between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,167 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning5
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 2003Natural1.0 acresMendocino UnitLIGHTNING89
30 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictWEST
22 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresMendocino UnitHIGH IC
14 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMendocino UnitPORT
30 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitCAHTO
28 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMendocino UnitSTAR
25 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionWESTPORT BEACH RV AND CAM
22 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitWAGES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Westport: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Ten Mile River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Westport QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Mendocino County

Storms near this place

2 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westport in 2 storm reports between 2025 and 2026: 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
February 2025Heavy RainWestport$400A slide was reported on hwy 1, 8 miles north northeast of Fort Bragg, CA. Confined to the northbound lane of hwy 1. Lat. 39.56N, Long. -123.77W.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindWestport-Oak tree down across the road at the intersection of Branscomb Road and Highway 1.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
DeHaven1.7 miles16
Kibesillah3.2 miles17
Newport4.0 miles17
Union Landing4.5 miles16
Hardy5.4 miles16
Rockport7.3 miles16
Inglenook7.4 miles17
Branscomb8.4 miles14

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 WestportAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7989573The 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 1660154. 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.