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Castle Crag, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Sacramento Canyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96017. It stands on Root Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dunsmuir quadrangle.

Castle Crag within Shasta 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 Castle Crag, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Castle Crag, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 31 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

149 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Castle Crag between 1992 and 2020, burning about 170 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 6 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
Natural42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Recreation and ceremony22
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestCASTELLA
8 September 2015Smokingunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestDOME
8 September 1998Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestFLUME
7 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestFORK
6 September 2003Natural2.3 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestNEAL #2
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestRAILROAD
5 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestWATERVIEW
4 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestRIVERSIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Castle Crag: 9 past producers, 8 occurrences, 5 producers, 4 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Gold, Barium-Barite, 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
CastellaGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Clerbus MaeTungsten, GoldOccurrenceVein
Coggins MineChromium, IronPast Producer1916
OccurrenceStoneOccurrence
OccurrencesCopperProspect
Reported OccurrenceTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Reported OccurrencesGemstoneOccurrence
Sacramento River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PropertyMercuryProspect
DunsmuirNickelOccurrence

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
Dirigo1.3 miles31
Castella2.2 miles31
Sweetbriar2.7 miles31
Conant3.9 miles32
Sims7.1 miles32
Fisher10.2 miles32
Rinckel (historical)11.7 miles31
Gibson12.1 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1655875. 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.