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.
Then and now
1886 to 1993The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Willow Ranch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Cedarville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Willow Ranch quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Willow Ranch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | WILLOW |
| 26 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | PINE CANYON 253 |
| 15 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | WILLOW RANCH |
| 12 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | STATELINE |
| 8 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 204 acres | Modoc National Forest | BUCK |
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | BARNES FIRE |
| 20 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | COTTONWOOD |
| 11 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | MDF WM CAVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Location | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Craig Property | Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Craig Property | Gold | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Ranch | 6.0 miles | 22 | |
| Fort Bidwell | 12.5 miles | 23 | |
| Davis Creek | 17.6 miles | 22 | |
| Grizzlie Place | 17.9 miles | 22 | |
| Mulkey Place | 18.7 miles | 22 | |
| Fletcher Place | 19.9 miles | 22 | |
| Lake City | 24.3 miles | 22 | |
| Surprise Station | 29.0 miles | 22 |
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 Fairport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5430698 | The 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.









