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Haven, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Feather River Canyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95915. It stands on East Branch North Fork Feather River. The Survey maps it on the Caribou quadrangle. It stands 2,290 feet above sea level.

Haven 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 Haven, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Haven, surveyed 1886

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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Haven between 1992 and 2020, burning about 94,986 acres in total. 25 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
Natural25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestCHERRY
30 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresPlumas National ForestROCK
28 September 2007Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestLOMOND
26 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestBELDON
15 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestSERPENTINE
14 September 1998Smokingunder an acrePlumas National ForestDAM
7 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution117 acresPlumas National ForestMURPHY
7 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHWY 70 / CARIBOU RD

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 Haven: 20 past producers, 14 occurrences, 13 unknowns, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, Nickel. 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
Asbestos Nos. 1, 2, & 3 ClaimsAsbestosUnknown
Dew DropSilver, LeadOccurrence
Galena MineGold, Copper, Lead, SilverProspect
Mordine and MoraineGold, Copper, SilverProducer
Rich Bar DepositGold, Silver, PlatinumProducer1850
Upper FeatherGold, PGEUnknown
Upper FeatherGold, Platinum, MercuryProducerSTREAM PLACER
WilliamsSilver, Lead, Zinc, CopperOccurrence
Middle CampgroundNickelOccurrence1957
Middle CampgroundNickelUnknown

Every working 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
Belden1.0 miles27
Rodgers Flat4.3 miles25
Caribou6.2 miles27
Tobin6.4 miles25
Virgilia6.6 miles25
Rock Creek Camp7.3 miles25
Rock Crest7.3 miles25
Storrie8.0 miles25

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.

Wikidata item Q29048086The 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 1658972. 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.