Whitlock Place, California
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the West Tehama census division. It lies near Hall Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Hall Ridge quadrangle. It stands 3,802 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1952 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1952 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1952 USGS Paskenta quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Hall Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Willows quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Hall Ridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Whitlock Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,670 acres in total. 12 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | HORSE |
| 7 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | CAMPFIRE |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Mendocino National Forest | CONKLIN |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Mendocino National Forest | HAVALON |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Mendocino National Forest | HALL |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | BUCK SPRINGS |
| 14 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | SALT93 |
| 6 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | TATHAM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Whitlock Place: 8 occurrences, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Chromium, Clay, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowers Creek | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Conklin & Williams | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Conklin and Williams | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Elva Manganese Mine | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Elva Mine | Manganese | Prospect | 1918 | |
| Lockwood | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Lockwood Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Logan Claim | Manganese | Occurrence | Rhodochrosite | |
| Logan Claim | Manganese | Occurrence | 1918 | |
| Manganese Peak | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houghton Place | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Wilder Place | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Peterson Place | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Dawson Place | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mitchell Place | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Sunnyside | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Paskenta | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Steuben Place | 9.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q28998493 | 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 1660171. 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.





