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Bartle, California

25 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 lies in ZIP code area 96057. It stands on Bartle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bartle quadrangle.

Bartle 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 Bartle, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Bartle, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Bartle between 1992 and 2018, burning about 9 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 1 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
Natural27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestOVERLOOK
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
24 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSHEEP
18 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestHIGHWAY
16 September 2005Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING #28
16 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTING #89 ATKINS
9 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
3 August 2009Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestMUSHROOM RK1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bartle: 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. 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
PondosaGemstoneOccurrence
Reported LocationsSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Reported LocationPumiceProducer
Reported LocationPumicePast 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
Kinyon4.0 miles26
Curtis4.9 miles25
Swobe5.1 miles26
Ash Creek Station (historical)6.6 miles26
Slagger7.0 miles25
Pondosa8.1 miles25
Hambone8.4 miles25
Esperanza (historical)12.1 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 256562. 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.