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Willow Point, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Clarksburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95612. The Survey maps it on the Clarksburg quadrangle.

Willow Point within Yolo County

Then and now

1908 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Willow Point, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Willow Point, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

13 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Willow Point between 2001 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. None 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/undetermined9
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
19 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeCOURTLAND
7 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeSTONE LAKE
30 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeHOOD
26 July 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeCANAL THREAT #1
16 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeSTONE LAKE POND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yolo County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Willow Point: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Calcium. 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
Clarksburg PlantCalciumProducer

Every working recorded in Yolo 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
Coniston0.8 miles25
Clarksburg1.4 miles25
Central2.5 miles25
Arcade3.8 miles25
Greendale4.0 miles27
Riverview5.4 miles23
Saxon6.2 miles23
Sorroca6.5 miles27

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 Q8022345The 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 256009. 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.