BlockWilson Place, California
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Orland census division. The Survey maps it on the Julian Rocks quadrangle. It stands 663 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1919 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1919 USGS Fruto quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Fruto quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fruto quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Julian Rocks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Willows quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Wilson Place between 1996 and 2013, burning about 40 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | PLATFORM |
| 8 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | HWY 162 |
| 5 July 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Central California Agency | GRIND1 |
| 13 June 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | 4-12 |
| 29 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | BUTTE |
| 8 October 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | LAGRANDE,G |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruto | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Elk Creek | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Chrome | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Millsholm (historical) | 9.7 miles | 18 | |
| Newville | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Grapit | 11.1 miles | 16 | |
| Greenwood | 11.2 miles | 16 | |
| Kurand (historical) | 11.6 miles | 18 |
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 Q8023171 | 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 1660188. 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.