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Cottage Grove, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Happy Camp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96039. It stands on Thomas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dillon Mountain quadrangle.

Cottage Grove within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1922 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cottage Grove, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Cottage Grove, surveyed 1922

Compare 1922 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Cottage Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 75,480 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 11 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
Natural45
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
30 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath National ForestMILE POST 26
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
26 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
17 September 1993Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
15 September 2001Natural8,055 acresKlamath National ForestSWILLUP II
15 September 2001Natural4.0 acresKlamath National ForestPONY IV

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Cottage Grove: 13 occurrences, 9 unknowns, 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Platinum, Graphite. 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
Black Magic GraphiteGraphiteOccurrence
Blue Nose MineGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
King CreekGold, SilverPast Producer
AmesCopperOccurrence
Barnum Bros.CopperOccurrence
AmesGoldPast ProducerGold
Ames ProspectGoldOccurrence
Auberry Hydraulic MineGoldPast Producer
Black HawkGoldOccurrence
Blue Nose MineGoldPast Producer

Every working 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
Patsiluvra (historical)4.2 miles20
Ferry Point (historical)6.2 miles19
Eyese Bar (historical)6.9 miles20
Clear Creek7.9 miles19
Hoskin10.5 miles18
Happy Camp14.8 miles18
Somes Bar15.7 miles14
Fort Goff22.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1655928. 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.