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Calkins, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Central Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96008. It stands on Woodman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bella Vista quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Calkins within Shasta County

Then and now

1890 to 1998

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.

Topographic sheet of Calkins (historical), surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Calkins (historical), surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 29 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

303 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 303 fires within 5 miles of Calkins (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40,816 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined95
Equipment and vehicle use80
Debris and open burning42
Arson/incendiarism36
Recreation and ceremony16
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Natural8
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 1994Equipment and vehicle use50 acresShasta-Trinity UnitRIVER
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitTRAIL #4
7 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitALTURAS 4
7 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitJONES VALLEY CAMPGROUND 3
5 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestINLET
5 September 1994Arson/incendiarism1,200 acresShasta-Trinity UnitOAK RUN
4 September 2002Smoking1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitBELLE
3 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitELK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Calkins (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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
MemorialCopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Shasta 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
Bella Vista3.0 miles29
Frazier Corners3.3 miles29
Fitzpatrick (historical)3.6 miles29
Sherman4.5 miles29
Wilkinson5.8 miles26
Lillienthal (historical)5.9 miles30
Houston (historical)6.2 miles30
Henryford (historical)6.9 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1682464. 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.