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Dedrick, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Northwest Trinity census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96048. It lies near Jones Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Dedrick quadrangle. It stands 2,526 feet above sea level.

Dedrick within Trinity County

Then and now

1909 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dedrick, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Dedrick, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 20 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

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Dedrick between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,205 acres in total. 43 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
Natural43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2019Natural1,339 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestMIDDLE
4 September 2000Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSTUART
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictABC MISC
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestTRAIL
17 September 2000Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestBLACK
10 September 1998Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestRARICK
1 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution413 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestHOBO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 78 workings within 5 miles of Dedrick: 40 past producers, 18 occurrences, 14 unknowns, 4 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Mercury. 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
Bailey ClaimArsenicOccurrence
Globe ConsolidatedGold, Lead, ManganesePast Producer1889
South Black Gulch ProspectGold, Lead, SilverUnknown
AlaskaGold, CopperPast ProducerGold
Anna BellMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Anna Bell Cinnabar MineMercuryOccurrence
Mason and ThayerGold, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Ralston MineGold, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Wolff Brothers PlacerMercuryUnknown
DannenbrinkGold, SilverPast Producer

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
Globe Mill1.6 miles21
Trinity Alps7.8 miles26
Helena7.8 miles20
Junction City9.0 miles21
Pinewood Cove10.2 miles27
Weaverville10.4 miles26
Cedar Stock11.0 miles27
Ridgeville12.4 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 DedrickAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16954970The 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 1655959. 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.