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Dirigo, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Sacramento Canyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96017. It stands on Castle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dunsmuir quadrangle.

Dirigo within Shasta County

Then and now

1886 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dirigo, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Dirigo, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 31 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

149 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Dirigo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 652 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined39
Natural38
Recreation and ceremony22
Equipment and vehicle use16
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestCASTELLA
8 September 2015Smokingunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestDOME
8 September 1998Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestFLUME
7 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestFORK
6 September 2003Natural2.3 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestNEAL #2
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestRAILROAD
5 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestWATERVIEW
4 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestRIVERSIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Dirigo: 8 past producers, 7 occurrences, 5 prospects, 5 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Gold, Barium-Barite, Nickel. 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
Anaconia ProspectAsbestosProspect
CastellaGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Clerbus MaeTungsten, GoldOccurrenceVein
Coggins MineChromium, IronPast Producer1916
OccurrenceStoneOccurrence
OccurrencesStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
OccurrencesCopperProspect
Sacramento River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PropertyMercuryProspect
DunsmuirNickelOccurrence

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
Castella0.8 miles31
Castle Crag1.3 miles31
Sweetbriar1.4 miles31
Conant2.7 miles32
Sims5.8 miles32
Fisher9.0 miles32
Gibson10.8 miles32
Pollard Flat12.0 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1655970. 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.