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Gasquet, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Smith River-Gasquet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95543. It stands on North Fork Smith River. The Survey maps it on the Gasquet quadrangle. 657 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 384 feet above sea level.

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Gasquet within Del Norte County

Then and now

1922 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gasquet, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Gasquet, surveyed 1922

On record in Gasquet

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Gasquet fell from 661 to 657 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010661
2020657-4 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Gasquet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 881 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined33
Recreation and ceremony25
Debris and open burning21
Natural14
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking4
Fireworks4
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestGASQUET
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestMIDDLE
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestTRASH
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named
6 September 2008Smokingunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestGORGE
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHADDAD #4
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHADDAD #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Del Norte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 77 workings within 5 miles of Gasquet: 33 occurrences, 18 unknowns, 14 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Nickel, Platinum. 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
EdwardsCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceChalcocite, Gold
French Hill Chrome MineChromium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Iridium, Palladium, PlatinumPast Producer1886, 1958
Gasquet LateriteChromium, Cobalt, Magnesite, Nickel, Zinc, Copper, ManganeseProspectlaterite
Lower Elk Camp Ridge DepositChromium, Nickel, CobaltOccurrence
Oro Pino ProspectGold, IronPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectChromium, Palladium, Iridium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, PlatinumOccurrenceChromite
Unnamed ProspectChromium, Platinum, Ruthenium, Iridium, Palladium, RhodiumOccurrenceChromite
Unnamed ProspectChromium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, RhodiumOccurrenceChromite
Cam LateriteCobalt, Nickel, ChromiumOccurrence
Coon Creek Number 1Chromium, IronPast Producer1942, 1943

Every working recorded in Del Norte County

Storms near this place

9 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gasquet in 9 storm reports between 2019 and 2026: 6 heavy rain, 1 flood, 1 debris flow, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2024Debris FlowGasquet$1,100Landslide covering hwy 199 reported 6 miles east of Gasquet, CA. |LAT. 41.86N, LONG. -123.86W.
March 2024Heavy RainGasquet$1,100Rocks over the road 6 miles east of Gasquet, Ca.|LAT. 41.86N, LONG. -123.86W.
December 2024Heavy RainGasquet$1,100After heavy rains, slide 7 miles east-northeast of Gasquet, CA. |Lat. 41.87N, Long. -123.84W.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindGasquet-Ship Mountain RAWS reported a wind gust to 65 mph as thunderstorms moved through the area.
December 2025Heavy RainGasquet-Rockslide in the southbound lane in Gasquet.
March 2024Heavy RainGasquet-Rock slide into both lanes of hwy 199, 6 miles E of Gasquet, CA.
December 2024Heavy RainGasquet-Landslide blocked Highway 199 three miles east of Gasquet.
December 2022Heavy RainGasquet-Heavy rain caused mud, dirt, and rock to slide across Highway 199.
January 2019FloodGasquet-CHP reported flooding on Highway 199 along the west shoulder and northbound lane.

Every storm recorded in Del Norte 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
Adams Station1.2 miles21
French Hill1.4 miles21
Darlingtonia1.5 miles21
Douglas Park6.4 miles16
Hiouchi6.5 miles16
Patrick Creek6.9 miles22
Lawyers Bar (historical)7.5 miles21
Rockland9.4 miles22

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.

Wikipedia article on GasquetAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5526633The 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 1656041. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.