Brooks Mill, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Alturas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96116. It lies near Hacker Flat. The Survey maps it on the Soup Creek quadrangle. It stands 5,344 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Brooks Mill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Jess Valley Schoolhouselisted 1999 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1886 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Soup Creek quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Soup Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Brooks Mill between 1992 and 2018, burning about 4,476 acres in total. 82 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 82 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | BOWMAN |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | BEAR |
| 21 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | CHIP FIRE |
| 17 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | JESS |
| 17 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 133 acres | Modoc National Forest | SOUP 1 |
| 17 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | SOUP 5 |
| 17 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | SOUP 4 |
| 17 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,588 acres | Modoc National Forest | SOUP 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Brooks Mill: 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Peat. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey | Peat | Producer | ||
| Brown Prospect | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar | |
| Brown Prospect | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Mercury | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cantrall Mill | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Campbell | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Kauffman | 8.9 miles | 24 | |
| Ramsey | 10.5 miles | 23 | |
| Eagleville | 10.6 miles | 24 | |
| Likely | 10.8 miles | 22 | |
| Williams | 11.6 miles | 23 | |
| D Flourney | 12.1 miles | 22 |
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 Q4975035 | 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 252637. 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.








