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Herlong Junction, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Honey Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96109. The Survey maps it on the McKesick Peak quadrangle. It stands 4,019 feet above sea level.

Herlong Junction within Lassen 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 Herlong Junction, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Herlong Junction, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Herlong Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 475 acres in total. 23 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
Natural23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Smoking1
Firearms and explosives use1
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
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestSMALL
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestBIRD
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestSTILES
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestEAST
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictMARK
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictMANZANITA 2
25 September 1995Other causesunder an acreNorthern California DistrictHERLONG #2
25 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePlumas National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lassen County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Herlong Junction: 4 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 producers, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Honey Lake Gold Mines Badger GroupGold, SilverOccurrence1900
PlincoGold, Copper, SilverProducer
Warden & Porter DepositsIronProspect
Honey Lake Gold MinesGold, SilverPast Producer
Plinco MineGold, SilverOccurrence
Azevedo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Doyle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Honey Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Long Valley Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Copper King & Copper QueenCopperUnknown

Every working recorded in Lassen 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
Patton Village5.0 miles21
Herlong6.1 miles21
Milford7.4 miles22
Doyle10.1 miles21
Calneva12.8 miles20
Stacy14.0 miles20
Omira14.1 miles27
Wendel15.4 miles20

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 Herlong JunctionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5739315The 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 1658741. 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.