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Frazier Corners, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Redding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96008. It stands on Yank Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bella Vista quadrangle.

Frazier Corners within Shasta County

Then and now

1890 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Frazier Corners, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Frazier Corners, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 29 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

504 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 504 fires within 5 miles of Frazier Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,766 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 63 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 use162
Missing data/not specified/undetermined140
Debris and open burning77
Arson/incendiarism63
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Smoking24
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitOLD 3
9 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitSTARWOOD
8 September 2015Smokingunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitBOYLE
8 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use50 acresShasta-Trinity UnitRIVER
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitTRAIL #4
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBEAR
7 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitALTURAS 4
6 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitRUN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Frazier Corners: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver. 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
ZumwaldtGold, SilverPast Producer
American GirlCopperPast Producer
FishCopperOccurrence
Thompson PropertyGoldOccurrence
Tompson PropertyGoldProducer
Wallis PropertyCopperPast Producer

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
Bella Vista0.3 miles29
Calkins (historical)3.3 miles29
Houston (historical)3.5 miles30
Lillienthal (historical)4.4 miles30
Loomis Corners5.0 miles31
Palo Cedro5.1 miles26
Sherman5.3 miles29
Pine Grove6.5 miles30

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 Q122565219The 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 1682486. 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.