Horse Creek, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Fort Jones census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96050. It stands on Buckhorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horse Creek quadrangle. It stands 1,627 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 2001The 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.


Compare 1886 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1894 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1932 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:96000
- 1939 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Condrey Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Horse Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Horse Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
103 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Horse Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 609 acres in total. 71 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | not named |
| 28 September 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.8 acres | Klamath National Forest | DOGGETT |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | not named |
| 20 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | OAK |
| 15 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 91 acres | Klamath National Forest | BAR |
| 9 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | MAPLESDEN |
| 9 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | WHITE CLOUD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 117 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 117 workings within 5 miles of Horse Creek: 46 unknowns, 39 past producers, 21 occurrences, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Mercury, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Group | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Gilfeather | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Reported Occurrence | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Truax Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Unnamed Location | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Barnum | Gold, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Columbia | Gold, Copper, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Reported Occurrences | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Riverview Mine | Chromium | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakbar | 3.2 miles | 28 | |
| Steelhead | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Hamburg | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Scott Bar | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Walker | 8.4 miles | 28 | |
| Klamath River | 9.4 miles | 28 | |
| Seiad Valley | 10.4 miles | 19 | |
| Eileen | 11.2 miles | 19 |
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 Horse Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14218531 | The 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 1658780. 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.











