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Cinnabar Springs, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Happy Camp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96044. It stands on Trapper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buckhorn Bally quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cinnabar Springs 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 Cinnabar Springs (historical), surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Cinnabar Springs (historical), surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

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

132 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Cinnabar Springs (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32,721 acres in total. 124 started naturally. None 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
Natural124
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 2005Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestDONOMORE
9 September 2005Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestTRAPPER
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestMIDDLEHELL
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestSODA
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestCONDREY
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestDEER
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitBULLION
4 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Cinnabar Springs (historical): 14 unknowns, 9 past producers, 7 occurrences, 4 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mercury, Chromium, Copper. 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
PurvisMolybdenum, GoldOccurrenceMolybdenite
Reported LocationSilicaUnknown
Snowy Ridge MineChromium, IronPast Producer1940, 1941
Sterling Mountain MineManganeseOccurrence
Ellinger AsbestosAsbestosPast ProducerReplacement
Ellinger AsbestosAsbestosProspect
Purvis ProspectGold, MolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
Purvis ProspectGold, MolybdenumProspect
UnexpectedCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite
UnexpectedCopperUnknown

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
Klamath River7.6 miles28
Walker9.2 miles28
Oakbar9.4 miles28
Gottsville9.8 miles27
Swiss Bar11.0 miles27
Horse Creek11.7 miles28
Eileen12.2 miles19
Cole12.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1682292. 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.