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Enterprise, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Redding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96002. The Survey maps it on the Enterprise quadrangle.

Enterprise within Shasta County

Then and now

1890 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Enterprise, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Enterprise, surveyed 1890

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

736 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 736 fires within 5 miles of Enterprise between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,569 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 98 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/undetermined257
Equipment and vehicle use166
Arson/incendiarism98
Smoking78
Debris and open burning66
Misuse of fire by a minor57
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1

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 2020Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitBIXBY KNOLLS MHP STA43
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitOLD 3
9 September 2007Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitCHURN
8 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitSTILLWATER
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitOLD#2
8 September 1992Smoking2.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitCLOUGH
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitOLD ALTURAS RD SHASTAC 5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Enterprise: 13 producers, 10 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead. 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
Blue GravelGold, SulfurPast ProducerGold
Calaveras Cement Div.Limestone, General, ClayProducer
Hein BrothersSand and Gravel, Construction, StoneOccurrence
HorstmanGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Mountain Copper MineCopperPast Producer
DiestelhorstGold, SilverPast Producer
KutrasGold, SilverPast Producer
ZumwaldtGold, SilverPast Producer
Aggregate Products MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Aggregate Products PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Shasta County

Storms near this place

13 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enterprise in 13 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 5 hail, 5 flood, 2 lightning, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2019LightningEnterprise$10,000Two people on social media sent in pictures of a tree hit by lightning. One of them estimated debris landed up to 100 feet away from the location. Time was estimated by radar.
May 2019HailEnterprise$7,500There were numerous reports of large hail across the Redding area, including a photo of hail from the family of an NWS employee showing oblong hail as large as 3 inches in diameter. Hail this size is rare in California and is near record size. Many cars were dented or had back windows or windshields broken. A preliminary estimate of damage to hail is based on a KRCR story of up to 3000 cars damaged and a national average of $2500 for damage repairs (Auto Trends). This works out to rough estimated of around $7.5 million for auto damage alone. Some building damage was also reported, including the Northern California Geographic Area Coordination Center, which suffered damage to a new roof.
June 2023LightningEnterprise$5,000There was a report of a lightning strike that hit a tree, causing a branch to penetrate the roof of the building in the Shasta View neighborhood in eastern Redding, next to Mountain View. No injuries were reported.
December 2025FloodEnterprise-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on the Cypress Ave offramp along Interstate 5 in Shasta County from heavy rain.
December 2025FloodEnterprise-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at State Route 44 and Interstate 5 from heavy rain.
December 2025FloodEnterprise-California Highway Patrol reported flooding at Interstate 5 and Hartwell Avenue from heavy rain.
December 2025FloodEnterprise-California Highway Patrol reported mud slides in the southbound lane due to heavy rain.
October 2021Heavy RainEnterprise-Heavy rain was reported in Shasta County. Reported storm totals reached 7.3 inches off HWY 44 NE of Shingletown to 7.6 inches near Redding. A Daily rainfall record was also set at Redding Airport at 2.99 inches on the 25th.
May 2019HailEnterprise-Golf ball size hail was reported in Redding.
May 2019HailEnterprise-Quarter size hail was reported near Enterprise High School in Redding.
May 2019HailEnterprise-On Twitter, a user reported ping pong ball sized hail near Hartnell Ave and Victor Ave in Redding, CA.
May 2019HailEnterprise-Multiple reports of golf ball to tennis ball size hail reported on the east side of Redding. from 8:05 pm to 8:20 pm. pictures sent to us via Facebook.
December 2019FloodEnterprise-California Highway Patrol reports roadway flooding at highway 44 and Airport Rd and that Caltrans is closing the off ramp due to flooding. Flooding end time is based off radar analysis.

Every storm 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
Marina Travel Park1.7 miles31
Loomis Corners2.6 miles31
Redding3.0 miles29
Pacheco3.6 miles31
Girvan4.0 miles29
Los Robles Estates4.4 miles29
Waugh (historical)5.4 miles29
Palo Cedro5.5 miles26

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 EnterpriseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5380266The 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 1656000. 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.