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Craig, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Feather Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95966. It lies near Oregon Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Oroville Dam quadrangle. It stands 981 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Craig within Butte County

Then and now

1888 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Craig (historical), surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Craig (historical), surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

358 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 358 fires within 5 miles of Craig (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,300 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 54 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/undetermined118
Equipment and vehicle use91
Arson/incendiarism54
Debris and open burning44
Natural13
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitKOKANEE
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresButte UnitLODGEVIEW DR KELLY_RDGE
6 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitFORBESTOWN
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCANYON
5 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitFORBESTOWN
5 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitGREEN
30 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.6 acresButte UnitGRAND
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresButte UnitOROVILLE QUINCY HWY / FOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 79 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 79 workings within 5 miles of Craig (historical): 35 past producers, 24 unknowns, 19 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, 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
Jacks RanchGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
New OregonGold, LeadUnknown
New Oregon, Forty-NineGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
ArlingtonGold, SilverPast Producer
DepressionGold, SilverPast Producer
EagleGold, SilverPast Producer
Gamblers LuckGold, SilverPast Producer
Garden Ranch Mining CompanyGold, SilverPast Producer
Golden HopeGold, SilverPast Producer
Hot DogGold, SilverPast 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
Enterprise (historical)1.5 miles27
South Fork (historical)1.8 miles29
Bidwell Bar (historical)2.9 miles29
Hurleton3.5 miles25
Hawk Ravine (historical)3.6 miles29
Bidwell (historical)4.2 miles29
Land (historical)4.3 miles29
Robinson Mills5.1 miles26

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.

Wikidata item Q5180666The 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 1666775. 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.