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Erickson, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Montague census division. The Survey maps it on the Penoyar quadrangle.

Erickson within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 115 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Erickson, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Erickson, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Erickson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,537 acres in total. 60 started naturally. 4 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
Natural60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHORSETHIEF
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHORSETHIEF 2
30 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKlamath National ForestHORSE 2
30 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKlamath National ForestTHIEF
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
26 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKlamath National ForestREST
25 September 1994Smokingunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
20 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use14 acresKlamath National ForestDEVIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Erickson: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Reported OccurrenceStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Reported OccurrencesStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Soule RanchStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Siskiyou 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
Penoyar3.0 miles28
Grass Lake4.2 miles28
Pomeroy (historical)4.7 miles29
Cougar6.0 miles29
Leaf6.0 miles28
Kegg7.3 miles31
Bray7.6 miles31
Jerome8.3 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658507. 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.