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Deadwood, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Weaverville census division. It lies near Thorne Gulch. The Survey maps it on the French Gulch quadrangle. It stands 2,835 feet above sea level.

Deadwood within Trinity County

Then and now

1890 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Deadwood, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Deadwood, surveyed 1890

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Deadwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 182 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural17
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes1

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 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitFRENCH
9 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 33
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestEASTMAN
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
24 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictBUCKHORN
23 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictTRINITY 2
22 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLEWISTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 155 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 155 workings within 5 miles of Deadwood: 81 past producers, 41 unknowns, 16 occurrences, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten. 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
Brown Bear MineGold, Iron, Zinc, Arsenic, Manganese, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Sphalerite
Deadwood Road Shale PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
GreenhornCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Lary MineGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Last ChanceGold, Lead, Zinc, ArsenicPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Sphalerite
LewistonGold, PlatinumProducer1912
Niagara GroupGold, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Sphalerite
Paymaster MineGold, Lead, Copper, SilverPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Philadelphia and RooseveltLead, Silver, CopperPast Producer
St. JudeGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Trinity 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
Keno (historical)2.8 miles27
Lewiston4.0 miles27
Bucktail6.3 miles27
Fairview6.9 miles27
Minersville (historical)9.5 miles27
Estrellita10.1 miles27
Cedar Stock10.1 miles27
Pinewood Cove10.5 miles27

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 DeadwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16954828The 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 1655958. 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.