Dodge Place, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Paradise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95942. The Survey maps it on the Cohasset quadrangle. It stands 1,873 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1891 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 27 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.
- 1891 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1953 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Cohasset quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Chico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Cohasset quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
303 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 303 fires within 5 miles of Dodge Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,717 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 44 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/undetermined | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 76 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Northern California District | NIMSHEW |
| 8 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northern California District | RAMBLING |
| 8 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Northern California District | STEIFFER |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Unit | COHASSET |
| 6 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Butte Unit | CINDY 1 |
| 30 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Unit | COHASSET |
| 3 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | 32 IC |
| 3 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Butte Unit | VOSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 58 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Dodge Place: 22 past producers, 20 unknowns, 13 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-Axis Claim | Chromium | Past Producer | Chromite | |
| Anti-Axis Claim | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1942, 1943 | |
| Mickey Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Wyoming Mine | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Gold, Limonite | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sloat Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Banker | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Jay | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Feather Group | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Kuhner | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q5287880 | 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 1666441. 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.








