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Feather River Inn, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Graeagle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96103. It stands on Bonta Creek. The Survey maps it on the Johnsville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Feather River Inn within Plumas County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Feather River Inn (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Feather River Inn (historical), surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Feather River Inn (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 16 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
Natural36
Debris and open burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism16
Recreation and ceremony14
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Other causes4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePlumas National ForestJACKSON
9 September 1995Smokingunder an acrePlumas National ForestSKI HILL
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePlumas National ForestJOHNSVILLE
7 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePlumas National ForestHILL
6 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestC
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestEUREKA
5 September 1997Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestPEN
28 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acrePlumas National ForestROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Feather River Inn (historical): 13 past producers, 6 producers, 6 occurrences, 4 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Feather River QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
LakinGold, LeadPast Producer
Plumas-Eureka MineGold, Lead, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast Producer1851
Edman Tin ClaimsTinOccurrence
J A EdmanTinOccurrence
ArrastavilleGold, SilverPast Producer
Frazer QueenGold, SilverPast Producer
Frazier Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
GallagherGold, SilverPast Producer
Plumas-EurekaGold, Lead, SilverProducer

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
Bontes (historical)0.6 miles29
Feather River Park0.8 miles28
Mohawk0.9 miles28
Blairsden1.0 miles29
Plumas Eureka1.1 miles28
Dentens (historical)1.5 miles29
Graeagle1.8 miles29
Mohawk Vista2.8 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1666671. 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.