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Wycoff, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Knights Landing census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95937. It stands on Bird Creek. The Survey maps it on the Zamora quadrangle. It stands 56 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wycoff within Yolo County

Then and now

1907 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wycoff (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Wycoff (historical), surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

40 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Wycoff (historical) between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,884 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Smoking1
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
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use10 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unit85
27 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined600 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitROAD 2
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
11 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 August 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
28 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
21 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
21 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yolo County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wycoff (historical): 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
O'Brien MineChromiumPast ProducerChromite

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
Dunnigan2.2 miles22
Britona (historical)3.1 miles24
Hershey5.3 miles22
Zamora5.5 miles24
Tyndall Landing7.0 miles21
Ronda (historical)7.2 miles22
Dufour8.6 miles22
Yolo11.4 miles24

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 Q8039633The 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 1670269. 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.