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Del Loma, 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 96010. It stands on Pelletreau Creek. The Survey maps it on the Del Loma quadrangle. It stands 1,168 feet above sea level.

Del Loma 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 Del Loma, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Del Loma, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Del Loma between 1992 and 2019, burning about 71,792 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 3 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
Natural34
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning7
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes1
Fireworks1
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
4 September 1995Arson/incendiarism113 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestFRENCH
3 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestHIGHWAY
27 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestFRENCH
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
14 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,740 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestLOMA
1 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestBAR
1 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestWALNUT
1 September 1992Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Del Loma: 16 past producers, 9 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
B. B. Gold & PlatinumGold, PlatinumUnknown
Del LomaLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Black Bear OccurrenceChromiumPast ProducerChromite
Dry Ridge OccurrenceChromiumPast ProducerChromite
UnnamedStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Don Juan PointGold, SilverPast Producer
H.O.S.Gold, SilverPast Producer
HighlandGold, SilverPast Producer
NuggettGold, SilverPast Producer
PattisonGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Trinity County

Storms near this place

6 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Del Loma in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 5 heavy rain, 1 wildfire. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2024Heavy RainDel Loma$3,500Large rocks across the roadway as reported by law enforcment, 1 mile west northwest of Del Loma, CA. LAT. 40.79N, LONG. -123.35W.
November 2024Heavy RainDel Loma$3,500A rock/mud slide occurred across hwy 299, between Cedar Flatt and Del Loma. |Lat. 40.80N, Long. 123.38W.
February 2025Heavy RainDel Loma$400Slide reported in westbound lane of Hwy 299, 2 miles east southeast of Del Loma, CA.|Lat. 40.76N, Long. -123.29W.
December 2022Heavy RainDel Loma-Heavy rain caused a rockslide that spread across Highway 299 leading to a truck accident.
March 2018Heavy RainDel Loma-Heavy rain led to mud/dirt/rock slide at Big French Creek Road.
September 2003WildfireDel Loma-Loma Fire

Every storm 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
Big Bar4.8 miles20
Burnt Ranch7.8 miles19
Hoboken9.0 miles19
Wigdon Place9.9 miles19
Helena10.8 miles20
Denny11.8 miles19
Hawkins Bar11.9 miles19
Quinby12.1 miles19

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 Del LomaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14681811The 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 1655962. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.