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Azalea, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Mount Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96067. It stands on Ney Springs Creek. The Survey maps it on the City of Mount Shasta quadrangle.

Azalea 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 Azalea, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Azalea, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 30 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

448 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 448 fires within 5 miles of Azalea between 1992 and 2020, burning about 214 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 36 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
Railroad operations and maintenance91
Recreation and ceremony90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined86
Debris and open burning54
Arson/incendiarism36
Natural35
Equipment and vehicle use31
Smoking14
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitHILL
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTINING 20
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT #2
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT #3
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT #4
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestBIG
6 September 2016Smokingunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSKI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Azalea: 4 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gemstone, 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
Chute GulchChromiumPast Producer
Griffin Onyx Marble QuarryMarble, Dimension, GemstoneUnknown
Reported OccurrenceTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Victoria Qtz. ProspectGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Victoria Quartz MineGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Hedge Creek Copper ProspectCopperPast Producer
Mt Shasta PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mt. Shasta Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rainbow GroupCopperUnknown
Reported OccurrencesGemstoneOccurrence

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
Pioneer1.1 miles30
Cantara (historical)1.1 miles30
Mott1.9 miles30
Mount Shasta2.2 miles30
Howard2.7 miles30
Shasta Springs3.1 miles31
Shasta Retreat3.3 miles31
Upton5.0 miles30

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 Q17154382The 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 256387. 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.