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Caldwell Pines, California

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Investigation of this one looked at first as though it wss going to be another "got nothin'" Lake County case, because the GHits are down in the pure clickbait range and the topos never show any buildings at the spot. Interestingly, the label, which isn't on the oldest map I found, switches between the physical feature and populated place fonts. I do have to wonder what Durham says, though, because I eventually found this report which describes it as follows: "This landmark consists of an isolated stand of yellow pine that can be seen from many points within the Geysers KGRA." So yeah: literal pine trees. There are a fair number of other references to it as a location, but nothing says that it was a settlement, and it's clearly not a notable grove of tress. Mangoe (talk) 13:42, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

• Delete Clearly not a populated place, seems to be a mistake and this actually a physical feature as Mangoe suggests. I wouldn't say it's clearly not a notable group of trees though, the "unique stand of conifers has become a local landmark" (). It is, along with the Ponderosa Pine Parkland at Cobb Mountain, and Boggs Mountain to the east, "the last pristine Yellow Pine Forest in the region" (). The locale name is used in geology where the basalt of Caldwell Pines is one of the few true basalts in the Clear Lake Volcanic field (). I wouldn't say this passes GEOLAND as a "named natural feature" but I put the preceding above here in case someone else can dig something up from it.----Pontificalibus 14:42, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 16:42, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 16:42, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

• Delete Durham just calls it a "locality" citing this topo map. It's in the middle of the woods with zero buildings marked! Good riddance. Reywas92^Talk 18:24, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
• I found the same as Pontificalibus. This is the name of an area of trees, as the name even tells us. ☺ Those wacky California place namers, eh? "Something Springs" turns out to be springs, and "Something Pines" is pine trees. "Pristine" tells us that this has never been a community. Our article is a falsehood, and I haven't found a source to correct and expand it from. There's just no way to write an article here. Uncle G (talk) 01:56, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

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