Fisher, California
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Sacramento Canyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96051. It stands on Shotgun Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chicken Hawk Hill quadrangle.
Then and now
1886 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 112 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
11 surveys from 32 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 Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1894 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1935 USGS Dunsmuir quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Dunsmuir quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Mount Shasta quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Chicken Hawk Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Chicken Hawk Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Fisher between 1992 and 2020, burning about 698 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | POLLARD |
| 6 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | POLLARD |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | BRIAR |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | HIGHLAND |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | GIBSON |
| 26 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | SLATE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Fisher: 15 past producers, 9 prospects, 7 occurrences, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Asbestos, Gold, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Creek | Molybdenum, Iron | Past Producer | Molybdenite, Pyrite | |
| Castella | Gold, PGE | Unknown | ||
| Forest Queen | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1908 | |
| Grubstake Placer Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Occurrences | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Shotgun Creek Mine | Iron, Chromium | Prospect | 1893, 1894 | |
| Boulder Creek | Molybdenum | Producer | Unknown | |
| Schlosser | Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Big Nugget | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Bunker Hill | Gold | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson | 1.9 miles | 32 | |
| Pollard Flat | 3.1 miles | 29 | |
| Sims | 3.2 miles | 32 | |
| Lamoine | 4.5 miles | 29 | |
| Conant | 6.4 miles | 32 | |
| Delta | 6.6 miles | 29 | |
| Vollmers | 6.9 miles | 29 | |
| Sweetbriar | 7.5 miles | 31 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656018. 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.










