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Foxwood, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Chester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96137. It stands on Bailey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chester quadrangle. It stands 4,790 feet above sea level.

Foxwood within Plumas 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 Foxwood, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Foxwood, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Foxwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,563 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined40
Debris and open burning22
Natural21
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony14
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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 2005Natural1,525 acresLassen Volcanic National ParkHORSESHOE
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitWESTWOOD
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protection2-2 BORROW
5 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLassen-Modoc Unitnot named
29 September 2004Naturalunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitLIGHNING #76
23 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitSTOY
2 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresLassen-Modoc UnitMARY ANN
2 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresLassen-Modoc UnitROCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Foxwood: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Gold. 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
Gold OccurrenceGoldUnknown
QuarryStoneOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Lake Almanor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
Peninsula Village1.2 miles28
Hamilton Branch2.3 miles25
Lake Almanor Peninsula2.8 miles28
Lake Almanor Country Club2.9 miles28
East Shore4.7 miles27
Lake Almanor West5.5 miles26
Chester5.5 miles28
Almanor5.6 miles26

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.

Wikidata item Q8565257The 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 2413627. 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.