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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.

Fire Mountain within Tehama County

Then and now

1886 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Fire Mountain, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Fire Mountain, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

60 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Other causes1
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
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestBUZZARD
3 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLassen National ForestSTUMP II
29 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLassen National ForestCARTER
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined271 acresLassen National ForestWILSON
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestCAVE2
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitLIGHTNING #69
23 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresLassen National ForestBUTT
18 September 2017Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestFERN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cinder PitStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Tehama 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
Deer Creek3.4 miles24
Black Forest3.8 miles24
Saint Bernard4.0 miles24
Childs Meadows5.5 miles24
Mill Creek5.7 miles28
Morgan Springs6.3 miles28
Mineral9.8 miles28
Yellowjacket15.1 miles27

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.