Genesee, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95983. It stands on Hosselkus Creek. The Survey maps it on the Taylorsville quadrangle. It stands 3,701 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1886 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Taylorsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Taylorsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Genesee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 54,902 acres in total. 89 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 89 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54,608 acres | Plumas National Forest | WALKER |
| 19 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Plumas National Forest | WARD |
| 15 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | JURA |
| 14 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | DEVIL |
| 14 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Plumas National Forest | RED 2 |
| 13 September 2011 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Plumas National Forest | NIGHTHAWK |
| 11 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | MONTGOMERY |
| 9 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | BEARDSLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 55 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Genesee: 25 occurrences, 18 past producers, 8 unknowns, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Manganese, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cliff | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unnamed Location | Titanium, Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Duncan | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Five Bears | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Green Ledge & Mother Lode | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Gruss | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Gruss | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Hosselkus Limestone | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Jura Nos. 1, 2, & 3 | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Genesee in 7 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 6 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2005 | Flood | Genesee | $1,000,000 | Mainly rural flooding was reported in Plumas County. |
| June 2023 | Heavy Rain | Genesee | - | A mesonet station (KRKC1) located 6.7 mi N of Genesee, CA, reported a total rainfall amount of 0.56 inches. |
| September 2022 | Heavy Rain | Genesee | - | Mesonet stations PIEC1 Pierce (5.0 NNW of Antelope Lake) and GRZC1 (4.6 mi NE of Cromberg) reported heavy rainfall amounts of 0.66 and 0.70 inches respectively. |
| January 2019 | Heavy Rain | Genesee | - | Mesonet ANTC1 near Antelope Lake reported 2.24 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 16 January 0800PST to 17 January 0800PST. Mesonet elevation 5026 feet MSL. |
| December 2018 | Heavy Rain | Genesee | - | Mesonet station ANTC1 near Antelope Lake reported 1.16 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 24 December 0700PST to 25 December 0700PST. Mesonet elevation 5026 feet MSL. |
| March 2018 | Heavy Rain | Genesee | - | Mesonet station ANTC1 near Antelope Lake reported 3.32 inches of storm total rainfall from 20 March 0600PST to 23 March 0600PST. |
| April 2018 | Heavy Rain | Genesee | - | Mesonet station KRKC1, 6 miles west-southwest of Antelope Lake (elevation 7297 feet) reported 1.84 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 6 April 1000PST to 7 April 1000PST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tasikoyo (historical) | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Taylorsville | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Walkermine (historical) | 7.1 miles | 29 | |
| Argentine (historical) | 8.2 miles | 27 | |
| Lovejoy (historical) | 8.4 miles | 29 | |
| Crescent Mills | 9.1 miles | 24 | |
| Massack | 9.2 miles | 27 | |
| Quincy Junction | 9.4 miles | 29 |
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 Genesee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5532706 | 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 1658603. 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.











