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Gas Point, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Southwest Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96047. It stands on Bald Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ono quadrangle.

Gas Point within Shasta County

Then and now

1890 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gas Point, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Gas Point, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 20 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Gas Point between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,442 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined46
Equipment and vehicle use40
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning12
Natural6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitCLEAR 8
4 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitGAS POINT 2
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresNorthern California DistrictCLOVERDALE
3 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitLOST
26 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitMARSHA
25 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresWhiskeytown National Recreation AreaCOAL
22 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use10 acresShasta-Trinity UnitMCAULIFF
22 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitJOANNE #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Gas Point: 12 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum, Lead. 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
Jones PropertyLeadProspect
Roaring RiverGold, Osmium, Iridium, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Bee Creek OperGold, SilverPast Producer
ClevelandGold, SilverPast Producer
Crow Creek DredgeGold, SilverPast Producer
Gas Point DredgeGold, SilverPast Producer
Gold AcresGold, SilverPast Producer
Lost ChannelGold, SilverPast Producer
Wm Hendricks RanchGold, SilverPast Producer
Bidwell Placer MineGoldPast 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
Cloverdale5.1 miles25
Ono6.1 miles20
Igo6.2 miles27
Olinda7.0 miles25
Centerville7.6 miles29
Middletown (historical)9.1 miles29
Girvan10.6 miles29
Paige Bar11.5 miles27

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 Q122540816The 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 252680. 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.