Friend Place, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Hayfork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96046. It stands on Naufus Creek. The Survey maps it on the Naufus Creek quadrangle.
Then and now
1918 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1918 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1918 USGS Anada quadrangle1:62500
- 1931 USGS Hoaglin quadrangle1:96000
- 1935 USGS Hoaglin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Pickett Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Garberville quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Naufus Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Naufus Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Friend Place between 1992 and 2019, burning about 26,878 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 40 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | NAUFUS |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | DOLPHIN 2 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | FRIEND 2 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | DOLPHIN #1 |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | TULE |
| 18 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | MILLER |
| 17 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | not named |
| 12 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | MICK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Friend Place: 14 occurrences, 8 prospects, 4 unknowns, 2 past producers. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Copper, Gold, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Springs Claim | Chromium, Manganese | Prospect | 1941 | |
| Murphy | Copper, Silver | Producer | Cuprite, Malachite | |
| Big Creek Placer | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Hoelling | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Hoelling Claims | Chromium | Past Producer | 1940 | |
| Maddox | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Sulphur Springs | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Vine Oak | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Cold Creek | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Cold Creek | Copper | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McClellan Place | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Miller Place | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Graham Place | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Norgaar (historical) | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Sids Place | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Forest Glen | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Mad River | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Post Mountain | 8.7 miles | 16 |
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 Q122594852 | 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 1658589. 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.







