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Curtis, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the McCloud-Medicine Lake census division. It lies near Colby Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Dead Horse Summit quadrangle.

Curtis within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Curtis, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Curtis, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Curtis between 1992 and 2017, burning about 19 acres in total. 26 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
Natural26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1

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 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOOSEHEAD
30 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING # 96
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING # 94
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING 93
28 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestMOOSEHEAD
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING #91
16 September 2005Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING #28
16 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTING #89 ATKINS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Curtis: 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Gold, 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
Gravel PitGoldUnknown
PondosaGemstoneOccurrence
Reported LocationPumiceProducer
Reported LocationPumicePast 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
Pondosa4.1 miles25
Bartle4.9 miles25
Kinyon8.3 miles26
Slagger8.9 miles25
Swobe9.4 miles26
Hambone10.0 miles25
Ash Creek Station (historical)10.5 miles26
Esperanza (historical)15.6 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1655944. 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.