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Grass Lake, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Montague census division. It stands on Dairy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grass Lake quadrangle.

Grass Lake within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 115 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Grass Lake, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Grass Lake, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Grass Lake between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,526 acres in total. 61 started naturally. None was 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
Natural61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
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
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath National ForestPIT
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionDEER TWO
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath National ForestSAND
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionDEER ONE
26 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKlamath National ForestREST
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestERICKSON
14 September 2011Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestRIDGE
1 September 1992Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Grass Lake: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Reported OccurrenceStone, 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
Pomeroy (historical)1.2 miles29
Cougar3.6 miles29
Erickson4.2 miles28
Andesite7.1 miles29
Penoyar7.2 miles28
Bolam8.9 miles29
Graham (historical)9.9 miles29
Leaf10.1 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 260789. 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.