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Delta, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Sacramento Canyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96051. It stands on Little Dog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lamoine quadrangle.

Delta within Shasta County

Then and now

1890 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Delta, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Delta, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 29 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

226 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Delta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 66,476 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined56
Equipment and vehicle use55
Natural34
Recreation and ceremony22
Debris and open burning18
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks3

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 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestDELTA
6 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestPOLLARD
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestANTLER
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined63,458 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestDELTA
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestPOLLARD
5 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestTIE
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestDAMNATION
4 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestPUPPY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Delta: 14 past producers, 6 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper. 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
Delta ConsolidatedGold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Gossan GroupGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerCopper, Gold, Silver
Gossan GroupGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Unnamed PropertyChromiumOccurrence
Grubstake Placer MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Slaughterhouse BarGold, SilverPast Producer
Advance ConsolidatedGoldPast ProducerGold
Bunker HillGoldPast Producer
Crown PointGoldPast ProducerGold
Delta ConsolidatedGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Shasta 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
Vollmers0.8 miles29
Riverview1.9 miles29
Lamoine2.3 miles29
Pollock2.8 miles29
Pollard Flat3.6 miles29
Lakehead3.6 miles29
Antlers4.4 miles28
Gibson4.7 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 259269. 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.