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.
Then and now
1890 to 1984The 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 sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 26 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1913 USGS Weaverville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1944 USGS French Gulch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS French Gulch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS French Gulch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Redding quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | FRENCH |
| 9 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | LIGHTNING 33 |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | EASTMAN |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | not named |
| 24 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | BUCKHORN |
| 23 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | TRINITY 2 |
| 22 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | LEWISTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 155 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Bear Mine | Gold, Iron, Zinc, Arsenic, Manganese, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Sphalerite | |
| Deadwood Road Shale Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Greenhorn | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Lary Mine | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold | |
| Last Chance | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Sphalerite | |
| Lewiston | Gold, Platinum | Producer | 1912 | |
| Niagara Group | Gold, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Sphalerite | |
| Paymaster Mine | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Galena, Gold | |
| Philadelphia and Roosevelt | Lead, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| St. Jude | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keno (historical) | 2.8 miles | 27 | |
| Lewiston | 4.0 miles | 27 | |
| Bucktail | 6.3 miles | 27 | |
| Fairview | 6.9 miles | 27 | |
| Minersville (historical) | 9.5 miles | 27 | |
| Estrellita | 10.1 miles | 27 | |
| Cedar Stock | 10.1 miles | 27 | |
| Pinewood Cove | 10.5 miles | 27 |
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 Deadwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16954828 | The 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.







