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Carrville, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Weaverville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96091. It lies near Carr Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Carrville quadrangle.

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Carrville within Trinity County

Then and now

1886 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Carrville, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Carrville, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 33 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Carrville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,132 acres in total. 63 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural63
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1
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
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSWIFT
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestHATCHET
28 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined192 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestLITTLE
27 September 1998Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestGOLDFIELD
19 September 1994Natural1.0 acresShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
18 September 1994Natural250 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestCOPPER
18 September 1994Natural638 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestSCORPION
17 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestBUCKEYE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 105 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 105 workings within 5 miles of Carrville: 44 past producers, 30 unknowns, 22 occurrences, 5 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Iron, Silver. 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
Copper CreekGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
DeweyGold, Copper, IronPast Producer1899
Golden Jubilee MineGold, Lead, IronPast Producer1892
HeadlightGold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Manganese, LeadPast Producer1900
Headlight ConsolidatedChromiumPast Producer
New Blue Jay Mining Co.Gold, Copper, ManganesePast Producer1886
StrodeGold, ManganesePast Producer1888
UnnamedCopper, NickelUnknown
Copper QueenCopper, MercuryOccurrence
Copper Queen GroupCopper, Gold, MercuryPast ProducerChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Gold

Every working recorded in Trinity County

Storms near this place

3 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carrville in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2021Flash FloodCarrville$3,200,000An atmospheric river aided in heavy rain development across the River Complex burn scar. One or possibly more debris flows occurred as a result. Removal, protective measures, and repair costs from this debris flow are estimated to be $3.2 million.
August 2022Flash FloodCarrville$2,000A thunderstorm set up over the a portion of the 2021 River Complex Burn Scar and caused a debris flow as reported by Trinity County OES on Coffee Creek on 2 August. The debris flow caused Coffee Creek Road to be unpassable. A Flash Flood Warning was issued shortly after 03/0110Z.
December 1996FloodCarrville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trinity 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
Stringtown (historical)1.6 miles33
Coffee Creek1.7 miles33
Coffee4.7 miles35
Trinity Center5.6 miles29
Bragdon (historical)12.0 miles29
Ridgeville14.8 miles27
Estrellita14.9 miles27
Minersville (historical)15.3 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1655871. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.