BlockWestwood Junction, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Westwood census division. The Survey maps it on the Pegleg Mountain quadrangle. It stands 5,522 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1995The 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 sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Pegleg Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Pegleg Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Westwood Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,586 acres in total. 40 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | CLOVER |
| 3 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | ALPINE |
| 3 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | RIVER |
| 12 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | LGT68 |
| 10 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | FOUR TREES |
| 6 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | SUSAN |
| 6 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | LGT 39 |
| 6 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | MCCOY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Westwood Junction: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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.
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lasco | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Goumaz (historical) | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| Norvell | 4.9 miles | 25 | |
| Robbers Creek | 5.3 miles | 25 | |
| Coppervale | 6.3 miles | 22 | |
| Pine Town | 9.1 miles | 22 | |
| Westwood | 9.2 miles | 25 | |
| Clear Creek | 10.7 miles | 25 |
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 Q7989887 | 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 1660157. 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.