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Woodman, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Laytonville-Leggett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95454. It stands on Woodman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Iron Peak quadrangle. It stands 869 feet above sea level.

Woodman within Mendocino County

Then and now

1920 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Woodman, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Woodman, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Woodman between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,204 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitCREEK
25 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictNASH
21 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictCANYON
6 August 2009Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitHULL
6 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitEEL
6 August 1999Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 1
5 August 1998Arson/incendiarism16 acresMendocino UnitSULLY
27 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMendocino UnitRIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Woodman: 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Poonkinney QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rowlands Bar PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Earl W. Long ProspectManganeseProspect1918
Long, Earl W. Woodman Station, Happy Four Last ChanceManganeseProspectRhodochrosite
Montezuma Improvement CoManganeseOccurrence
Montezuma Improvement Co.ManganeseOccurrence
UnknownManganeseOccurrence
Von KonskyManganeseOccurrence
Von KonskyManganeseUnknown1960

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
Card Place2.7 miles15
Indian Springs2.7 miles16
Heath Place3.7 miles15
Nashmead3.8 miles15
Dos Rios4.2 miles16
Reyes Place5.3 miles15
River Garden (historical)5.4 miles15
Ralph Leggett Place6.1 miles15

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 Q687437The 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 1660201. 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.