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Feather River Park, 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 Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Johnsville quadrangle. It stands 4,340 feet above sea level.

Feather River Park 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 Park, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Feather River Park, 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

151 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Feather River Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 37 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
Natural37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Debris and open burning29
Arson/incendiarism16
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking9
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Other causes4
Equipment and vehicle use4
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 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
28 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acrePlumas National ForestROAD
28 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePlumas National ForestLAKE
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePlumas National ForestBOB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Feather River Park: 12 past producers, 7 producers, 4 unknowns, 4 occurrences. 7 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
Jamison MineGold, Lead, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast Producer1886, 1887, 1943
Plumas-Eureka MineGold, Lead, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast Producer1851
ArrastavilleGold, SilverPast Producer
Frazer QueenGold, SilverPast Producer
Frazier Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
GallagherGold, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Willow Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Mohawk0.3 miles28
Bontes (historical)0.5 miles29
Blairsden0.7 miles29
Feather River Inn (historical)0.8 miles28
Dentens (historical)1.0 miles29
Graeagle1.0 miles29
Plumas Eureka1.4 miles28
Mohawk Vista2.7 miles29

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 Feather River ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5439592The 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 1658530. 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.