BlockWheeler, California
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Laytonville-Leggett census division. It stands on North Fork Jackass Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bear Harbor quadrangle. It stands 43 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1950 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 47 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1950 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 17 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.
- 1950 USGS Piercy quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Bear Harbor quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Covelo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Bear Harbor quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Wheeler between 1995 and 2013, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | ROCK 5 |
| 8 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | USAL |
| 8 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | HALE |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | USAL |
| 17 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | USAL |
| 21 June 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | USAL LIGHTNING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wheeler: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usal Manganese Deposits | Manganese | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Reynolds (historical) | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Hales Grove | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Piercy | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Andersonia | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lane Redwood Flat (historical) | 8.5 miles | 16 | |
| Riverdale | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pratt Place | 10.2 miles | 13 |
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 Wheeler | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7992175 | 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 252829. 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.