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Four Corners, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96013. It lies near Brush Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cassel quadrangle.

Four Corners within Shasta 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 Four Corners, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Four Corners, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 28 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

291 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 291 fires within 5 miles of Four Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38,625 acres in total. 63 started naturally. 30 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined106
Natural63
Arson/incendiarism30
Equipment and vehicle use24
Debris and open burning19
Smoking18
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony14
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSTATION
9 September 1998Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitLIGTN #422
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictSHU PIT #2
8 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitROFF WY BURNEY
8 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitPUBLISHER
6 September 2007Natural12 acresLassen National ForestCOBLE
6 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLassen National ForestJOHNSON
4 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitROCKY #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Four Corners: 5 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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
Brush Mountain QuarryPumiceProducer
Hat Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sand PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Burney PitDiatomiteProducer
Unnamed LocationDiatomiteOccurrence
Unnamed PropertyDiatomiteOccurrence
Us Forest LandDiatomiteOccurrence
Venture Ii MineDiatomiteProducer

Every working recorded in Shasta 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
Johnson Park1.8 miles28
Cassel3.4 miles28
Burney4.8 miles28
Doyles Corner4.9 miles28
Gomez8.3 miles26
Cayton8.7 miles26
Hat Creek8.9 miles28
Fall River Mills10.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661799. 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.