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Dana, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96028. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dana quadrangle.

Dana within Shasta County

Then and now

1886 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dana, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Dana, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Dana between 1992 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 2 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
Natural57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 DistrictSHU LGT#34
8 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protection1-5
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitCUTOFF
6 September 2007Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestTIMBER
4 September 1998Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNorthern California DistrictEIGHTYNINE 2
29 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitSOLDIER
28 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresLassen National ForestCOYOTE
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitLIGHTNING 70

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta 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
Spalding Corner1.5 miles25
Cayton5.0 miles26
Glenburn5.3 miles21
Gomez5.8 miles26
Harlow Place6.4 miles25
Obie8.9 miles25
McArthur9.7 miles21
Fall River Mills10.0 miles21

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.

Wikipedia article on DanaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48977494The 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 259035. 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.