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Deer Creek, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Tehama census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96061. It stands on Carter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Childs Meadows quadrangle.

Deer Creek within Tehama County

Then and now

1886 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Deer Creek, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Deer Creek, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Deer Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 1 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
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2017Natural1.2 acresLassen National ForestCARTER
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestROUND
29 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLassen National ForestCARTER
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestCAVE2
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitLIGHTNING #69
23 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresLassen National ForestBUTT
18 September 2017Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestFERN
12 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestDEER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama 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
Black Forest0.8 miles24
Saint Bernard1.1 miles24
Fire Mountain3.4 miles24
Mill Creek8.3 miles28
Childs Meadows8.7 miles24
Morgan Springs9.4 miles28
Mineral12.3 miles28
Yellowjacket15.9 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1655960. 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.