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Ainsworth Corner, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Tulelake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96134. The Survey maps it on the Hatfield quadrangle.

Ainsworth Corner within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ainsworth Corner, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Ainsworth Corner, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Ainsworth Corner between 1992 and 2017, burning about 621 acres in total. 9 started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1
Firearms and explosives use1
Smoking1

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresKlamath UnitTAYLOR
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.1 acresLower Klamath National Wildlife RefugeSHEEPY
4 September 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution2.2 acresKlamath UnitDODDS
16 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTule Lake National Wildlife RefugePOWERLINE
16 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreModoc National ForestHAWK
5 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMERRILL
31 August 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution76 acresModoc National ForestSHEEP
30 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreModoc National ForestINCINERATOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Ainsworth Corner: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Pumice. 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
Merrill PitPumiceProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Cinder PitsStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Merrill PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Hatfield2.1 miles24
Tulelake5.3 miles23
Chalk Bank Landing7.4 miles24
Fleener Place10.5 miles24
Laird Landing12.3 miles26
Canby Cross12.4 miles24
Dorris19.1 miles24
Somerset25.0 miles24

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 Q17299402The 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 1657897. 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.