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Gazelle, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Yreka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96034. The Survey maps it on the Gazelle quadrangle. 95 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,769 feet above sea level.

Gazelle within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gazelle, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Gazelle, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Gazelle grew from 70 to 95 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
201070
202095+25 (+36%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Gazelle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,550 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use29
Natural23
Debris and open burning9
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism2
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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHIGHWAY
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined125 acresSiskiyou UnitPARKS
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined228 acresSiskiyou UnitFREEWAY
24 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMELINDA
24 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitKEYES
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRAILROAD
19 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMITCHELL
19 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMITCHELL #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Gazelle: 9 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Asbestos. 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
Electro Lime and Chem CorpLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
H J Barton DiscoveryLimestone, Dimension, Marble, DimensionOccurrence
Willow Creek AreaGemstoneOccurrence
Chamberlain RanchAsbestos, ChromiumUnknown
Unidentified WorkingsChromium, AsbestosOccurrence
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Willow Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
E M GreenwoodStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Electro Lime and Chem CorpStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
H A CraigStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Siskiyou 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
Metcalf (historical)3.3 miles31
Edgewood6.4 miles31
Big Springs8.0 miles31
Lake Shastina8.3 miles30
Grenada8.7 miles28
Carrick9.7 miles32
Weed9.8 miles31
Houston (historical)11.1 miles32

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 GazelleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q606023The 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 1656042. 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.