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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.

Whitlock Place within Tehama County

Then and now

1952 to 1996

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Whitlock Place, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Whitlock Place, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

23 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestHORSE
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino National ForestCAMPFIRE
3 September 2003Natural5.0 acresMendocino National ForestCONKLIN
3 September 2003Natural3.0 acresMendocino National ForestHAVALON
3 September 2003Natural5.0 acresMendocino National ForestHALL
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestBUCK SPRINGS
14 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino National ForestSALT93
6 August 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino National ForestTATHAM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bowers CreekGoldProspect
Conklin & WilliamsClayProspect
Conklin and WilliamsChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Elva Manganese MineManganeseOccurrence
Elva MineManganeseProspect1918
LockwoodManganeseOccurrence
Lockwood ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Logan ClaimManganeseOccurrenceRhodochrosite
Logan ClaimManganeseOccurrence1918
Manganese PeakManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Tehama 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
Houghton Place2.4 miles12
Wilder Place3.7 miles12
Peterson Place4.5 miles16
Dawson Place6.1 miles13
Mitchell Place8.6 miles13
Sunnyside8.8 miles13
Paskenta8.8 miles13
Steuben Place9.2 miles13

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 Q28998493The 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.