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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.

Brooks Mill within Modoc County

Then and now

1886 to 1993

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Brooks Mill, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Brooks Mill, surveyed 1886

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

96 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural82
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestBOWMAN
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestBEAR
21 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreModoc National ForestCHIP FIRE
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreModoc National ForestJESS
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarism133 acresModoc National ForestSOUP 1
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreModoc National ForestSOUP 5
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreModoc National ForestSOUP 4
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarism2,588 acresModoc National ForestSOUP 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Modoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
JeffreyPeatProducer
Brown ProspectMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Brown ProspectMercuryUnknown
UnknownMercuryOccurrence
Unnamed LocationMercuryOccurrence

Every working recorded in Modoc 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
Cantrall Mill2.9 miles23
Campbell3.2 miles23
Kauffman8.9 miles24
Ramsey10.5 miles23
Eagleville10.6 miles24
Likely10.8 miles22
Williams11.6 miles23
D Flourney12.1 miles22

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 Q4975035The 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.