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Cheeseville, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Etna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96032. The Survey maps it on the Greenview quadrangle.

Cheeseville within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 115 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cheeseville, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Cheeseville, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Cheeseville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 218 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning40
Natural39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
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
30 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSiskiyou Unitnot named
28 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreSiskiyou UnitPATTERSON
12 September 1995Smokingunder an acreSiskiyou UnitPARTRIDGE
11 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSHARPS
11 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitGREENVIEW
7 August 2013Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSiskiyou UnitKELLEMS 2
6 August 2015Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMILL 1-4
6 August 2011Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestWHISKEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 95 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 95 workings within 5 miles of Cheeseville: 40 past producers, 27 occurrences, 17 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Clay, Chromium. 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
Reported OccurrenceGemstone, ZirconiumOccurrence
BurtonLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Kidder Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kidder Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
New PineryGold, SilverPast Producer
Oro Fino QuarryLimestone, DimensionUnknown
ThanksgivingCopperOccurrence
ThanksgivingCopperOccurrence
Weed & GardnerGold, SilverPast Producer
A. RobertsonStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Siskiyou 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
Greenview2.1 miles29
Deacon Lee Place3.2 miles33
Oro Fino4.3 miles29
Etna4.4 miles33
Mugginsville4.5 miles29
Fort Jones6.8 miles30
Hooperville (historical)11.5 miles30
Callahan15.5 miles33

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 Q18387058The 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 1658259. 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.