Denny, California
19 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 95527. It stands on Whichwo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Denny quadrangle. It stands 1,480 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1909 to 1998The 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.


Compare 1909 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1909 USGS Big Bar quadrangle1:96000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Big Bar and Vicinity quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Ironside Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Ironside Mtn. quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS Denny quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Hayfork quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Denny quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Denny between 1992 and 2020, burning about 75,440 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 41 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | JIM JAM |
| 30 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Six Rivers National Forest | LONE PINE |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | not named |
| 22 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | CHINA |
| 11 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | MILLER |
| 9 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | HAYSHED |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Denny: 23 past producers, 9 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index Mine | Garnet | Prospect | ||
| Last Chance Claim | Manganese | Occurrence | 1941 | |
| New River | Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Quimby | Gold, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1902 | |
| Alwood | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Alwood | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Archibald | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Archibald | Copper | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| Last Chance | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite | |
| Brown's Bar | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Denny in 3 storm reports in 1999: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1999 | Wildfire | Denny | $1,300,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Wildfire | Denny | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Wildfire | Denny | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quinby | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Hoboken | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Hawkins Bar | 8.8 miles | 19 | |
| Trinity Village | 8.9 miles | 19 | |
| Burnt Ranch | 10.4 miles | 19 | |
| Salyer | 11.1 miles | 19 | |
| Del Loma | 11.8 miles | 20 | |
| Big Bar | 15.6 miles | 20 |
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 Denny | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5259144 | 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 1655965. 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.







