Fort Jones, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Fort Jones census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96032. It stands on Kidder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Jones quadrangle. 695 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,759 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 2001The same ground, surveyed 115 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:
On record in Fort Jones
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Fort Jones Houselisted 1976
Population over time
2 figuresFort Jones fell from 839 to 695 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 839 | |
| 2020 | 695 | -144 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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
- 1932 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:96000
- 1939 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fort Jones quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Fort Jones quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Fort Jones quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Fort Jones quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
143 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Fort Jones between 1992 and 2020, burning about 378 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2017 | Natural | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | RATTLESNAKE |
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | MOFFETT |
| 29 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | GRISWOLD |
| 28 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | CHAPARREL |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | W MOFFETT CREEK |
| 27 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | LT # 81 |
| 23 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | LIGHTHILL |
| 21 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | LIGHTHILL #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 87 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 87 workings within 5 miles of Fort Jones: 39 past producers, 23 occurrences, 12 unknowns, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Mclaughlin Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Quartz Hill Mine | Copper, Bismuth | Occurrence | ||
| Reported Occurrence | Gemstone, Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Tschopp Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fort Jones | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Scott River Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| T Hamilton | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Costello | Chromium | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oro Fino | 4.7 miles | 29 | |
| Greenview | 5.2 miles | 29 | |
| Hooperville (historical) | 5.3 miles | 30 | |
| Mugginsville | 6.4 miles | 29 | |
| Cheeseville | 6.8 miles | 29 | |
| Deacon Lee Place | 9.9 miles | 33 | |
| Etna | 10.8 miles | 33 | |
| Scott Bar | 12.7 miles | 18 |
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 Fort Jones | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q584377 | The 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 277519. 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.












