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El Rio Estates, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Redding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96007. It stands on Churn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cottonwood quadrangle.

El Rio Estates within Shasta County

Then and now

1890 to 1979

The 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.

Topographic sheet of El Rio Estates, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of El Rio Estates, surveyed 1890

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 22 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

987 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 987 fires within 5 miles of El Rio Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,784 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 111 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/undetermined335
Equipment and vehicle use262
Debris and open burning114
Arson/incendiarism111
Smoking77
Misuse of fire by a minor61
Natural13
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony6

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitMARMAC RD ANDERSON
9 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitCAMELLIA ST / TIMBER LN
9 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitBIXBY KNOLLS MHP STA43
9 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitHAWES RD / KIMBERLY RD
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitFIG TREE LN / LOFTUS RD 2
9 September 2007Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitCOTTONWOOD #2
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitPANORAMA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of El Rio Estates: 13 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Olson DredgeGoldProducer
Olson DredgeGoldPast Producer
Shea Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer
Unnamed PropertyGoldOccurrence
Accp Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Aggregate Products MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Aggregate Products PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Anderson Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Anderson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Anderson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Anderson1.6 miles22
Pacheco3.2 miles31
Girvan4.7 miles29
Olinda5.4 miles25
Cottonwood Estates5.9 miles22
Cottonwood6.0 miles22
Enterprise6.7 miles31
Balls Ferry Fishing Resort7.1 miles23

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 Q122594031The 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 2508648. 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.