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Adams Station, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Smith River-Gasquet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95543. It lies near Pappas Flat. The Survey maps it on the Gasquet quadrangle. It stands 338 feet above sea level.

Adams Station within Del Norte County

Then and now

1922 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Adams Station, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Adams Station, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

151 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Adams Station between 1992 and 2020, burning about 887 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 14 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
Recreation and ceremony40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Fireworks6
Smoking4
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestGASQUET
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestMIDDLE
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestTRASH
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named
6 September 2008Smokingunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestGORGE
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLOW
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Del Norte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 84 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 84 workings within 5 miles of Adams Station: 33 occurrences, 20 unknowns, 17 past producers, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Copper, Platinum. 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
Dan LateriteCobalt, Nickel, ChromiumOccurrence
EdwardsCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceChalcocite, Gold
French Hill Chrome MineChromium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Iridium, Palladium, PlatinumPast Producer1886, 1958
Gasquet LateriteChromium, Cobalt, Magnesite, Nickel, Zinc, Copper, ManganeseProspectlaterite
Gooch ClaimChromium, IronPast Producer1944
Lower Elk Camp Ridge DepositChromium, Nickel, CobaltOccurrence
Oro Pino ProspectGold, IronPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectChromium, Platinum, Ruthenium, Iridium, Palladium, RhodiumOccurrenceChromite
Unnamed ProspectChromium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, RhodiumOccurrenceChromite
Craig CreekGold, PGEOccurrence

Every working recorded in Del Norte 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
Gasquet1.2 miles21
French Hill1.6 miles21
Darlingtonia2.7 miles21
Douglas Park5.3 miles16
Hiouchi5.4 miles16
Patrick Creek8.1 miles22
Fort Dick8.5 miles21
Tryon Corner8.5 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on Adams StationAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4680404The 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 1657310. 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.