Copco, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Montague census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96044. It stands on Fall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Copco quadrangle.
Then and now
1886 to 2001The 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.


Compare 1886 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1886 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1894 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1922 USGS Shasta Valley Sheet No 16 quadrangle1:24000
- 1934 USGS Macdoel quadrangle1:96000
- 1941 USGS Macdoel quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Copco quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Copco quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Copco quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Copco quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Copco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36,190 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
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 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | LIGHTINING 24 |
| 7 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SCHOOLHOUSE MEADOW |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | LIGHT #188 |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | LIGHTNING # 62 |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Medford District | OREGON GL |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Medford Unit | COPCO RD |
| 23 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | BOOS |
| 21 September 1994 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Siskiyou Unit | LIGHTNING # 44 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Copco: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gemstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Diatomite, Semiprecious Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Pine Dendrite | Semiprecious Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Reported Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Copco Dam | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Gemstone Mine | Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| Greive | Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Greive | Gemstone | Unknown | ||
| Lone Pine Dendrite | Gemstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Copco in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Copco | - | 1.50 INCHES IN 15 MIN. AND 1.80 TOTAL. POWER HOUSE WAS FLOODED. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1655919. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.













