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Wyo, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Orland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95963. It stands on Hambright Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kirkwood quadrangle. It stands 269 feet above sea level.

Wyo within Glenn County

Then and now

1904 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wyo, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Wyo, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Wyo between 1992 and 2019, burning about 918 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
Equipment and vehicle use54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning12
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
3 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitFREEWAY.
29 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitJACOB, H.
28 September 1993Smoking2.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitTOWERS
24 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTehama-Glenn UnitGAY
23 September 2004Smokingunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitFREEWAY
2 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTehama-Glenn UnitCHRISTIAN
2 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitMARITA
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitFREEWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glenn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Wyo: 6 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown
Chico PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hamilton City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Orland Sand and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
So. Pacific Railroad Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stony Creek BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley Rock Products CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Glenn County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wyo in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 2 flood. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2017FloodWyo1 killedA 45-year-old woman drowned after driving around road closures on County Road FF, and into floodwaters northwest of the town of Orland. The drowning was reported about 9:05 a.m. on the rural county road, which is prone to flooding. The woman's SUV was swept down Hambright Creek. When rescue teams responded, the water was so deep there was no sign of a vehicle, and a dive team was necessary for the recovery.
January 2023FloodWyo-Glenn County reported multiple road closures due to flooding across the county.

Every storm recorded in Glenn 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
Meadowood Estates1.4 miles18
Orland1.6 miles16
Malton (historical)1.8 miles18
Cory2.2 miles18
Greenwood5.1 miles16
Capay5.9 miles19
Kirkwood6.1 miles18
Grapit6.2 miles16

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 Q8040277The 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 1660207. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.