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Coffee, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Weaverville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96091. It stands on Crystal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ycatapom Peak quadrangle.

Coffee within Trinity 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 Coffee, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Coffee, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 35 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Coffee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,675 acres in total. 58 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
Natural58
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2019Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestLADY
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestWAGNER
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
28 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined192 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestLITTLE
27 September 1998Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestGOLDFIELD
26 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestPOISON
23 September 2003Natural5.6 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestBATTLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 98 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 98 workings within 5 miles of Coffee: 37 past producers, 32 unknowns, 21 occurrences, 5 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron. 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
DeweyGold, Copper, IronPast Producer1899
Ferndale ProspectGemstoneOccurrence
Jones BrothersAsbestosOccurrence
New Blue Jay Mining Co.Gold, Copper, ManganesePast Producer1886
Poeth MineGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer1900
StrodeGold, ManganesePast Producer1888
ComptonChromiumPast Producer
Trinity River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Trinity River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wyman ProspectChromiumUnknown

Every working recorded in Trinity 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
Coffee Creek3.8 miles33
Carrville4.7 miles33
Stringtown (historical)5.9 miles33
Trinity Center9.2 miles29
Bragdon (historical)15.2 miles29
Ridgeville16.5 miles27
Estrellita16.8 miles27
Minersville (historical)17.4 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1665332. 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.