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Henley, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Hornbrook-Hilt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96044. It lies near Rocky Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Hornbrook quadrangle.

Henley 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 Henley, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Henley, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

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

209 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Henley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39,631 acres in total. 54 started naturally. 7 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
Natural54
Equipment and vehicle use47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Debris and open burning21
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitBAILEY
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSiskiyou UnitBAILEY #2
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSiskiyou UnitCOLLIER
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitCOYOTE
5 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictRIVER
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitPP&L #3
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING #190
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING # 85

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 66 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 66 workings within 5 miles of Henley: 29 past producers, 17 occurrences, 17 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Lead, 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
AmazonGold, CopperPast ProducerGold
HornbrookGemstoneOccurrence
J F BurgerPlatinumPast Producer
Dozier ProspectsManganeseOccurrence
Jail GulchGold, SilverPast Producer
NebraskaGold, ManganesePast ProducerUnderground
StoughGold, SilverPast Producer
UnnamedGold, LeadPast Producer
Unnamed LocationGold, LeadUnknown
AmazonGoldOccurrence

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
Hornbrook0.7 miles27
Jims Camp4.9 miles27
Ager6.0 miles29
Hilt7.1 miles27
Cole8.0 miles23
Swiss Bar8.4 miles27
Snowden8.8 miles29
Gottsville9.7 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659734. 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.