Balls Ferry Fishing Resort, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Redding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96007. It stands on Ash Creek. The Survey maps it on the Balls Ferry quadrangle.
Then and now
1890 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 89 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
7 surveys from 23 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.
- 1890 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1944 USGS Tuscan Buttes quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Tuscan Buttes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1965 USGS Balls Ferry quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
476 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 476 fires within 5 miles of Balls Ferry Fishing Resort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,968 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 53 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/undetermined | 152 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 125 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Smoking | 38 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | HAWES RD / KIMBERLY RD |
| 9 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | COTTONWOOD #2 |
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | PANORAMA |
| 9 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | RHONDA #2 |
| 8 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | LONG BRANCH DR COTTONWOO |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Northern California District | TGU JELLYS |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | VALLEY |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | RIO TAC3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Balls Ferry Fishing Resort: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Creek Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unidentified Pits | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Estates | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Cottonwood | 5.1 miles | 22 | |
| Anderson | 5.8 miles | 22 | |
| El Rio Estates | 7.1 miles | 22 | |
| Millville | 9.1 miles | 26 | |
| Pacheco | 9.8 miles | 31 | |
| Palo Cedro | 10.3 miles | 26 | |
| Henryford (historical) | 11.1 miles | 26 |
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 Q122592988 | The 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 2508639. 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.






