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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.

Genesee within Plumas County

Then and now

1886 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Genesee, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Genesee, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

116 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural89
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined54,608 acresPlumas National ForestWALKER
19 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresPlumas National ForestWARD
15 September 2011Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestJURA
14 September 2011Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestDEVIL
14 September 2011Natural1.0 acresPlumas National ForestRED 2
13 September 2011Natural1.5 acresPlumas National ForestNIGHTHAWK
11 September 2017Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestMONTGOMERY
9 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePlumas National ForestBEARDSLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 55 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big CliffCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Unnamed LocationTitanium, ZirconiumOccurrence
DuncanCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Five BearsCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Green Ledge & Mother LodeGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
GrussCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
GrussGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Hosselkus LimestoneLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Jura Nos. 1, 2, & 3Gold, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed LocationIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Plumas County

Storms near this place

7 since 2005

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2005FloodGenesee$1,000,000Mainly rural flooding was reported in Plumas County.
June 2023Heavy RainGenesee-A mesonet station (KRKC1) located 6.7 mi N of Genesee, CA, reported a total rainfall amount of 0.56 inches.
September 2022Heavy RainGenesee-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 2019Heavy RainGenesee-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 2018Heavy RainGenesee-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 2018Heavy RainGenesee-Mesonet station ANTC1 near Antelope Lake reported 3.32 inches of storm total rainfall from 20 March 0600PST to 23 March 0600PST.
April 2018Heavy RainGenesee-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.

Every storm recorded in Plumas 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
Tasikoyo (historical)5.1 miles24
Taylorsville5.1 miles24
Walkermine (historical)7.1 miles29
Argentine (historical)8.2 miles27
Lovejoy (historical)8.4 miles29
Crescent Mills9.1 miles24
Massack9.2 miles27
Quincy Junction9.4 miles29

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 GeneseeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5532706The 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.