Concow, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Feather Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95965. It lies near Pinkston Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Cherokee quadrangle. 402 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,005 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1891 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresConcow fell from 710 to 402 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 710 | |
| 2020 | 402 | -308 (-43%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1942 USGS Oroville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Oroville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Cherokee quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Cherokee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Cherokee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Chico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Cherokee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
419 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 419 fires within 5 miles of Concow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,558 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 49 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 155 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 91 |
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Butte Unit | FUNES |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Northern California District | FLUME |
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,333 acres | Butte Unit | POE |
| 6 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Northern California District | BTU POE |
| 6 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Butte Unit | KUKRAL |
| 5 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 850 acres | Northern California District | SADDLE |
| 5 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 105 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 105 workings within 5 miles of Concow: 42 past producers, 36 occurrences, 19 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park's Ranch Mine | Antimony, Iron, Chromium | Past Producer | 1916 | |
| Rainbow | Gold, Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite, Gold | |
| Reported Collection | Gemstone | Unknown | ||
| Reported Lode | Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Surcease | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Surcease Bunker Hill and Treasure Hill | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper | Producer | ||
| Surcease Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony, Iron | Past Producer | Antimony, Bornite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Arlington No. 1 Formerly Hodapp Or Curtis | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Big Bend Marble Quarry | Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Big Bend Marble Quarry | Limestone, Dimension, Marble, Dimension | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadwood | 0.8 miles | 29 | |
| Parkhill | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Yankee Hill | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| Nelson Bar (historical) | 3.0 miles | 29 | |
| Poe | 3.1 miles | 28 | |
| David (historical) | 3.9 miles | 28 | |
| Pipers (historical) | 4.1 miles | 28 | |
| Big Bend | 4.1 miles | 28 |
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 Concow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2514220 | The 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 1867007. 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.











