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Cohasset, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Paradise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95973. It stands on East Branch Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cohasset quadrangle. 830 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,828 feet above sea level.

Cohasset within Butte County

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cohasset, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Cohasset, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Cohasset fell from 847 to 830 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010847
2020830-17 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 27 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

196 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Cohasset between 1992 and 2020, burning about 678 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 26 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 burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Equipment and vehicle use37
Arson/incendiarism26
Natural21
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitCOHASSET
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitCINDY 1
30 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitCOHASSET
3 September 1995Smokingunder an acreButte UnitVOSE
25 September 1994Natural4.0 acresButte UnitMUSTY
24 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitCOHASSET # 5
22 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBEAR
22 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitCOHASSET#4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cohasset: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver. 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
BankerGold, SilverPast Producer
Mickey DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Sloat PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
MinniehahaGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Butte 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
Dodge Place3.1 miles27
Forest Ranch4.3 miles27
Richardson Springs6.4 miles28
De Sabla7.2 miles24
DeSabla7.7 miles24
Toadtown7.9 miles25
Nimshew8.2 miles24
Powellton8.4 miles25

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 CohassetAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3476139The 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 1655909. 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.