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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.

Copco 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 Copco, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Copco, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 29 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

73 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural48
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 1998Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTINING 24
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSCHOOLHOUSE MEADOW
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHT #188
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING # 62
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictOREGON GL
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford UnitCOPCO RD
23 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitBOOS
21 September 1994Natural1.5 acresSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING # 44

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lone Pine DendriteSemiprecious GemstoneProducer
Reported DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
Copco DamStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Gemstone MineGemstonePast Producer
GreiveGemstoneProducer
GreiveGemstoneUnknown
Lone Pine DendriteGemstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Siskiyou County

Storms near this place

1 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1997Flash FloodCopco-1.50 INCHES IN 15 MIN. AND 1.80 TOTAL. POWER HOUSE WAS FLOODED.

Every storm 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
Beswick8.5 miles28
Ager9.6 miles29
Hornbrook11.5 miles27
Henley12.1 miles27
Hilt13.9 miles27
Snowden14.5 miles29
Cole14.8 miles23
Jims Camp15.8 miles27

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.