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.
Then and now
1888 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Cascade quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Mooreville Ridge quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Cascade quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Chico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Cascade quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | HARTMAN BAR2 |
| 4 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Butte Unit | FEATHER |
| 4 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Butte Unit | LUMPKIN |
| 29 September 2005 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Plumas National Forest | WHISKEY |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | POMPYS |
| 24 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | POMPYS |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SOUTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milsap Bar | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Yellow Jacket Mine | Gold, Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Norris and Noyes Property | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Norris and Noyes Prospect | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Quartz Hill | Nickel | Unknown | ||
| Quartz Hill Area | Nickel | Occurrence | 1957 | |
| Davison Group | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Old Anderson | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Success | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| China Gulch (historical) | 8.1 miles | 23 | |
| Buckeye | 9.4 miles | 24 | |
| Paulson Place | 10.1 miles | 23 | |
| La Porte | 10.4 miles | 26 | |
| Little Grass Valley | 10.7 miles | 26 | |
| Palmetto | 11.3 miles | 24 | |
| Bucks Lake | 11.8 miles | 23 | |
| Bucks Lodge | 12.1 miles | 24 |
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 Cascade | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5048078 | The 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.











