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Gibson, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Sacramento Canyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96051. It stands on Boulder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chicken Hawk Hill quadrangle.

Gibson within Shasta County

Then and now

1886 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gibson, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Gibson, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Gibson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 63,633 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 5 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
Equipment and vehicle use41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Natural28
Debris and open burning14
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestDELTA
6 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestPOLLARD
6 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined63,458 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestDELTA
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestPOLLARD
5 September 2003Natural8.0 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestBRIAR
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
29 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestHIGHLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Gibson: 13 past producers, 6 prospects, 6 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum. 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
Boito Et AlAsbestosProspect
Boulder CreekMolybdenum, IronPast ProducerMolybdenite, Pyrite
Forest QueenChromium, IronPast Producer1908
Shotgun Creek MineIron, ChromiumProspect1893, 1894
Boulder CreekMolybdenumProducerUnknown
Grubstake Placer MineGold, SilverPast Producer
SchlosserMolybdenumPast Producer
Slaughterhouse BarGold, SilverPast Producer
Bunker HillGoldPast Producer
Reported OccurrenceGoldProspect

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
Pollard Flat1.2 miles29
Fisher1.9 miles32
Lamoine2.6 miles29
Delta4.7 miles29
Sims5.0 miles32
Vollmers5.0 miles29
Riverview6.2 miles29
Pollock6.7 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656044. 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.