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Camp Eighteen, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Feather Falls census division. It stands on Boomer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cascade quadrangle. It stands 3,947 feet above sea level.

Camp Eighteen within Butte County

Then and now

1888 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Camp Eighteen, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Camp Eighteen, surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Camp Eighteen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,756 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 5 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
Natural36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
9 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitGORDON
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresPlumas National ForestJACK
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePlumas National ForestSAWDUST
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreButte UnitLUMPKIN
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestLOST
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestLEWIS
27 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresButte UnitSWAIN
25 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitL.P.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Camp Eighteen: 21 occurrences, 11 unknowns, 8 past producers, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Chromium, Nickel. 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
North StarChromiumPast Producer1917
North StarChromiumOccurrence
Quartz HillNickelUnknown
Quartz Hill AreaNickelOccurrence1957
Black RavenManganeseOccurrence
Black Raven GroupManganeseUnknown1942
Steep Hollow ClaimsManganeseOccurrence
Steep Hollow ClaimsManganeseProspect1918
BingstreaserGoldOccurrence
BingstresserGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Butte 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
Lumpkin2.4 miles29
Rogerville3.0 miles29
Wagners (historical)3.4 miles28
Nelsons Crossing3.5 miles28
Feather Falls5.1 miles27
Clipper Mills6.5 miles29
Oroleve6.9 miles29
Old Forbestown9.0 miles27

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 Q5027159The 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 1655862. 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.