Whitesboro, California
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mendocino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95410. It stands on Little Salmon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Albion quadrangle. It stands 39 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1943 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Whitesboro
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Albion River Bridgelisted 2017 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1943 USGS Albion quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Albion quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Whitesboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,310 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | PENNOCK |
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | RIVER |
| 8 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | ALBION |
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | RIDGE |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | LIGHTNING 72 |
| 29 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | JARDIN |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Mendocino Unit | COMPTCHE UKIAH RD MEN 19 |
| 19 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | HOFFER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albion | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Little River | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Elk | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Mendocino | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Melbourne | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cape Horn | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Pine Grove | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Comptche | 9.8 miles | 14 |
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 Whitesboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7996235 | 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 252831. 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.




