Ager, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Montague census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96044. It stands on Maxwell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bogus Mountain quadrangle.
Then and now
1886 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1886 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 29 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1894 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1922 USGS Shasta Valley Sheet No 14 quadrangle1:24000
- 1934 USGS Macdoel quadrangle1:96000
- 1941 USGS Macdoel quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Copco quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Copco quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Bogus Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
145 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Ager between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40,955 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 36 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | COYOTE |
| 4 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | BOGUS |
| 4 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | PP&L #3 |
| 30 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | AGER |
| 29 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Siskiyou Unit | FAITH 1 |
| 29 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | LIGHTNING # 85 |
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Siskiyou Unit | AGER |
| 26 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Siskiyou Unit | AGER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ager: 5 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Gemstone, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A H Denney | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Herr Ranch | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Stough | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| C B Kay | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Dozier Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1918 | |
| Dozier Prospects | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Hornbrook | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Low Placer Mine | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Smith Mine | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Unknown |
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.
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 Ager | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17298428 | The 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 1657893. 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.












