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Darlingtonia, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Smith River-Gasquet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95543. It stands on Eighteenmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gasquet quadrangle. It stands 463 feet above sea level.

Darlingtonia within Del Norte County

Then and now

1922 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Darlingtonia, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Darlingtonia, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Darlingtonia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 845 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 10 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
Recreation and ceremony29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning21
Natural17
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Fireworks4
Smoking3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestGASQUET
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestMIDDLE
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestTRASH
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHADDAD #4
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHADDAD #2
4 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Del Norte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 82 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 82 workings within 5 miles of Darlingtonia: 35 occurrences, 18 unknowns, 15 past producers, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Nickel, Platinum. 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
Doctor YoungGold, SilverPast Producer
EdwardsCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceChalcocite, Gold
French Hill Chrome MineChromium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Iridium, Palladium, PlatinumPast Producer1886, 1958
Gasquet LateriteChromium, Cobalt, Magnesite, Nickel, Zinc, Copper, ManganeseProspectlaterite
Lower Elk Camp Ridge DepositChromium, Nickel, CobaltOccurrence
Patterson No 1Chromium, IronPast Producer1940, 1941
SunsetChromium, Palladium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Iridium, PlatinumPast ProducerChromite
Unnamed ProspectChromium, Palladium, Iridium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, PlatinumOccurrenceChromite
Cam LateriteCobalt, Nickel, ChromiumOccurrence
Coon Creek Number 1Chromium, IronPast Producer1942, 1943

Every working recorded in Del Norte 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
Gasquet1.5 miles21
French Hill1.7 miles21
Adams Station2.7 miles21
Patrick Creek5.8 miles22
Lawyers Bar (historical)6.3 miles21
Douglas Park7.2 miles16
Hiouchi7.5 miles16
Idlewild10.0 miles22

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 DarlingtoniaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5224022The 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 1655950. 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.