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Cascade, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Quincy census division. It stands on Pinchard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cascade quadrangle. It stands 4,055 feet above sea level.

Cascade within Plumas 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 Cascade, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Cascade, surveyed 1888

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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Cascade between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,402 acres in total. 24 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
Natural24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism1
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 2017Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestHARTMAN BAR2
4 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitFEATHER
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreButte UnitLUMPKIN
29 September 2005Natural5.0 acresPlumas National ForestWHISKEY
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePlumas National Forestnot named
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestPOMPYS
24 September 1996Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestPOMPYS
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSOUTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Cascade: 10 occurrences, 9 past producers, 9 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, 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
Milsap BarStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Yellow Jacket MineGold, QuartzProspect
Norris and Noyes PropertyChromiumOccurrence
Norris and Noyes ProspectChromiumOccurrence
Quartz HillNickelUnknown
Quartz Hill AreaNickelOccurrence1957
Davison GroupGold, SilverOccurrence
Old AndersonGold, SilverPast Producer
SuccessGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
China Gulch (historical)8.1 miles23
Buckeye9.4 miles24
Paulson Place10.1 miles23
La Porte10.4 miles26
Little Grass Valley10.7 miles26
Palmetto11.3 miles24
Bucks Lake11.8 miles23
Bucks Lodge12.1 miles24

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.

Wikipedia article on CascadeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5048078The 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 258029. 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.