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Wilbur Springs, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the West Colusa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95987. It stands on Sulphur Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wilbur Springs quadrangle. It stands 1,444 feet above sea level.

Wilbur Springs within Colusa County

Then and now

1920 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wilbur Springs, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Wilbur Springs, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Wilbur Springs between 1992 and 2017, burning about 8,589 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined39
Equipment and vehicle use24
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural5
Debris and open burning4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use79 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitOASIS
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWILBUR
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictWALKER
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictTREE
28 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitABBOTT
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHAMILTON
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMITCHELL FLAT
19 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMITCHELLE

Every fire recorded in Colusa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Wilbur Springs: 19 occurrences, 9 past producers, 7 unknowns, 6 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Manganese, Gold, Chromium. 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
Cherry HillGold, Silver, Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony, ThalliumPast ProducerHot Spring
Cherry Hill DepositMercury, Gold, Silver, Antimony, Arsenic, Sulfur, ThalliumPast Producer1863
ElginMercury, SulfurOccurrence
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Deadhot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Manzanita MineAntimonyOccurrence
Monzonito MineAntimonyOccurrence
Wilbur Hot Springs AreaGeothermalUnknown
F.C. Innes ProspectChromiumOccurrence1917
UnknownChromiumProducerChromite

Every working recorded in Colusa 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
Leesville10.4 miles14
Lurline (historical)15.4 miles17
Williams16.4 miles17
Delphos16.8 miles17
Genevra17.5 miles16
Cortena17.5 miles17
Mills Orchards18.1 miles18
Lodoga18.5 miles12

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 Wilbur SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8000243The 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 252833. 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.