Fire Mountain, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Tehama census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96061. The Survey maps it on the Childs Meadows quadrangle.
Then and now
1886 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1886 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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 Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Mt. Harkness quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Childs Meadows quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Lake Almanor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Childs Meadows quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Fire Mountain between 1992 and 2020, burning about 341 acres in total. 27 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | BUZZARD |
| 3 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | STUMP II |
| 29 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | CARTER |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 271 acres | Lassen National Forest | WILSON |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | CAVE2 |
| 24 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | LIGHTNING #69 |
| 23 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Lassen National Forest | BUTT |
| 18 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | FERN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fire Mountain: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinder Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Black Forest | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Saint Bernard | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| Childs Meadows | 5.5 miles | 24 | |
| Mill Creek | 5.7 miles | 28 | |
| Morgan Springs | 6.3 miles | 28 | |
| Mineral | 9.8 miles | 28 | |
| Yellowjacket | 15.1 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 260122. 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.











