Bragdon, California

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1890 1998

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.

• 1890 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000
• 1894 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
• 1913 USGS Weaverville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
• 1950 USGS Schell Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1952 USGS Schell Mtn quadrangle1:62500
• 1952 USGS Schell Mtn. quadrangle1:62500
• 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
• 1967 USGS Schell Mtn quadrangle1:62500
• 1982 USGS Trinity Center quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1984 USGS Redding quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
• 1998 USGS Trinity Center quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Bragdon (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 34 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Estrellita
• Minersville (historical)
• Ridgeville
• Fairview
• Cedar Stock
• Pinewood Cove

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Bragdon (historical): 13 unknowns, 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Trinity County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1683022. 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.