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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.

Ash Creek Station within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 1998

The 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 sheet of Ash Creek Station (historical), surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Ash Creek Station (historical), surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

86 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural34
Recreation and ceremony18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning7
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
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
9 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestASH
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestEDSON
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
24 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSHEEP
21 September 1993Smoking1.0 acresShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Reported LocationsSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

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
Swobe1.7 miles26
Kinyon2.7 miles26
Esperanza (historical)5.6 miles35
Bartle6.6 miles25
Ash Creek Junction7.1 miles35
Wyntoon8.3 miles31
McCloud10.4 miles35
Curtis10.5 miles25

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.