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Fairport, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Alturas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97635. It lies near Badger Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Willow Ranch quadrangle. It stands 4,741 feet above sea level.

Fairport within Modoc County

Then and now

1886 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fairport, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Fairport, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Fairport between 1992 and 2019, burning about 253 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2005Smokingunder an acreModoc National ForestWILLOW
26 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestPINE CANYON 253
15 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreModoc National ForestWILLOW RANCH
12 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresLassen-Modoc UnitSTATELINE
8 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use204 acresModoc National ForestBUCK
7 August 2016Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestBARNES FIRE
20 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreModoc National ForestCOTTONWOOD
11 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreModoc National ForestMDF WM CAVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Modoc 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 Fairport: 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mercury. 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
Unnamed LocationMercuryOccurrence
Craig PropertyGoldPast ProducerGold
Craig PropertyGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Modoc 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
Willow Ranch6.0 miles22
Fort Bidwell12.5 miles23
Davis Creek17.6 miles22
Grizzlie Place17.9 miles22
Mulkey Place18.7 miles22
Fletcher Place19.9 miles22
Lake City24.3 miles22
Surprise Station29.0 miles22

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 FairportAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5430698The 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 252603. 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.