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Bray, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It lies in ZIP code area 96058. It stands on Horsethief Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bray quadrangle.

Bray within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 115 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bray, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Bray, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 31 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

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Bray between 1992 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 103 started naturally. 2 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
Natural103
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestPOLLIC
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestLAKE
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestROUND
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
20 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use14 acresKlamath National ForestDEVIL
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bray: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
KeggStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Reported OccurrencesStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Soule RanchStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

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
Leaf1.7 miles28
Kegg3.2 miles31
Penoyar5.1 miles28
Tennant5.2 miles31
Jerome6.2 miles28
Erickson7.6 miles28
Mount Hebron10.0 miles28
Grass Lake11.7 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658128. 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.