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Douglas Park, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Smith River-Gasquet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95531. It stands on Sheep Pen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hiouchi quadrangle. It stands 138 feet above sea level.

Douglas Park within Del Norte County

Then and now

1929 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Douglas Park, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Douglas Park, surveyed 1929

Compare 1929 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

164 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Douglas Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 18 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
Recreation and ceremony51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural8
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks5

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestMIDDLE
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionKINGS
6 September 2008Smokingunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestGORGE
5 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestMYRTLE CREEK
5 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestLITTLE JIM
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHADDAD #4
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHADDAD #2
4 September 1998Smokingunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestFORK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Del Norte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 56 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Douglas Park: 18 occurrences, 16 past producers, 11 producers, 9 unknowns. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Platinum, 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
EdwardsCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceChalcocite, Gold
Elk Valley Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
French Hill Chrome MineChromium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Iridium, Palladium, PlatinumPast Producer1886, 1958
Lind MineGold, PGEOccurrence
Ora Anna Quartz MineGold, ArsenicPast Producer
Oro Pino ProspectGold, IronPast Producer
Sure ShotGold, SilverPast Producer
Uvaldon V MillerClayProducer
EdwardsCopperUnknown
French HillCopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Del Norte 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
Hiouchi0.6 miles16
Adams Station5.3 miles21
French Hill5.4 miles21
Gasquet6.4 miles21
Darlingtonia7.2 miles21
Fort Dick7.2 miles21
Tryon Corner7.6 miles18
Crescent City7.7 miles21

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 Q5301874The 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 1658433. 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.