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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.

Ager within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 1984

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Ager, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Ager, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 29 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

145 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined36
Natural36
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use25
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitCOYOTE
4 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitBOGUS
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitPP&L #3
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitAGER
29 September 1999Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresSiskiyou UnitFAITH 1
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING # 85
26 September 2007Debris and open burning15 acresSiskiyou UnitAGER
26 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresSiskiyou UnitAGER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A H DenneyClayOccurrence
Herr RanchStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
StoughGold, SilverPast Producer
C B KayGemstoneOccurrence
Dozier ProspectManganeseProspect1918
Dozier ProspectsManganeseOccurrence
HornbrookGemstoneOccurrence
Low Placer MineGoldUnknown
Smith MineGoldUnknown
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Siskiyou 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
Snowden5.1 miles29
Hornbrook5.9 miles27
Henley6.0 miles27
Jims Camp7.0 miles27
Logan7.4 miles29
Copco9.6 miles29
Montague10.2 miles28
Hawkinsville11.2 miles28

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 AgerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17298428The 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.