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Fort Goff, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Happy Camp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96086. It stands on Fort Goff Creek. The Survey maps it on the Slater Butte quadrangle.

Fort Goff within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1914 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fort Goff, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Fort Goff, surveyed 1914

Compare 1914 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Fort Goff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 190,899 acres in total. 50 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
Natural50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning11
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined8,857 acresKlamath National ForestDEVIL
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined157,270 acresKlamath National ForestSLATER
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath National ForestGOFF
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
29 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKlamath National ForestEXCAVATOR
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
27 September 1998Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreKlamath National ForestSEIAD CREEK
23 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKlamath National ForestLADD 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 71 workings within 5 miles of Fort Goff: 27 unknowns, 20 past producers, 17 occurrences, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Manganese. 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
Reported OccurrenceTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
SeiadGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Tims Creek RidgeAsbestosOccurrence
Seiad ValleyNickelOccurrence
Seiad ValleyChromium, NickelOccurrence
Barkhouse and Whiskey BoyChromiumOccurrence
Barton ClaimsChromiumUnknown
Crawford ProspectManganeseOccurrence1942
Crawford ProspectManganeseOccurrenceRhodonite
CreedChromiumUnknown

Every working recorded in Siskiyou 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
Seiad Valley3.7 miles19
Happy Camp8.1 miles18
Eileen10.6 miles19
Hamburg11.8 miles18
Hoskin12.0 miles18
Steelhead12.9 miles18
Horse Creek14.0 miles28
Clear Creek14.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658565. 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.