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Davis Creek, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Alturas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96108. The Survey maps it on the Davis Creek quadrangle. It stands 4,846 feet above sea level.

Davis Creek within Modoc County

Then and now

1886 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Davis Creek, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Davis Creek, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Davis Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 488 acres in total. 30 started naturally. None 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
Natural30
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning3
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
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 43
6 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use35 acresLassen-Modoc UnitFIELD
6 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresLassen-Modoc UnitTOWN
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestBENTON
5 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresModoc National ForestMDF WM BISHOP
5 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use95 acresModoc National ForestMDF WM DAVIS
4 September 2015Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestFORK
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestLINNEVILLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Modoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Davis Creek: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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
UnknownStoneOccurrenceObsidian
Unnamed LocationGemstoneOccurrence

Every working recorded in Modoc 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
Fletcher Place7.6 miles22
Lake City10.3 miles22
Surprise Station11.5 miles22
Willow Ranch11.7 miles22
Fort Bidwell14.6 miles23
Mulkey Place16.8 miles22
Fairport17.6 miles22
Cedarville17.6 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 Davis CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q12833053The 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 1655953. 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.