Ash Creek Station, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the McCloud-Medicine Lake census division. It stands on Ash Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kinyon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1886 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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 Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava-Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1932 USGS Bartle quadrangle1:96000
- 1939 USGS Bartle quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Bartle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS McArthur quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Kinyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Kinyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Ash Creek Station (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 52 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | ASH |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | EDSON |
| 29 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | SHEEP |
| 21 September 1993 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ash Creek Station (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported Locations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swobe | 1.7 miles | 26 | |
| Kinyon | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Esperanza (historical) | 5.6 miles | 35 | |
| Bartle | 6.6 miles | 25 | |
| Ash Creek Junction | 7.1 miles | 35 | |
| Wyntoon | 8.3 miles | 31 | |
| McCloud | 10.4 miles | 35 | |
| Curtis | 10.5 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1657847. 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.












