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Bracut, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95524. It lies near Washington Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Arcata South quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level.

Bracut within Humboldt County

Then and now

1922 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bracut, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Bracut, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Bracut between 1992 and 2020, burning about 548 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined81
Debris and open burning41
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Natural4
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
8 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor205 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitUNION ST / SAMOA BLVD
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte Unitnot named
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionWATER
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFUSI
4 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthern California DistrictYOUNG
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Bracut: 6 producers, 5 occurrences, 5 prospects, 4 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, 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
Jacoby Creek DepositLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Graham Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Haw QuarryStoneOccurrence
Jacoby Creek DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Jacoby Creek DepositLimestone, GeneralProspectSedimentary
Manila Dunes Sand RemovalSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
W A Preston ProspectIronProspect
W. A. Preston PropertyIronOccurrence
Hanes CreekManganeseProducer

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Indianola1.0 miles21
Bayside1.5 miles21
Brainard1.8 miles21
Sunny Brae2.3 miles21
Arcata2.7 miles21
Freshwater Corners2.9 miles21
The Springs3.2 miles21
Eddyville (historical)3.2 miles21

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 Q4953757The 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 1658123. 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.