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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.

Horse Creek 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 Horse Creek, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Horse Creek, 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

103 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural71
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Fireworks1
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
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
28 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distribution1.8 acresKlamath National ForestDOGGETT
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
20 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
2 September 1997Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestOAK
15 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution91 acresKlamath National ForestBAR
9 August 2019Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestMAPLESDEN
9 August 2013Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestWHITE CLOUD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 117 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Columbia GroupGold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer
GilfeatherGold, LeadPast Producer
Reported OccurrenceIronOccurrence
Truax QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnnamedSilver, GoldPast ProducerGold
Unnamed LocationSilicaOccurrence
BarnumGold, Copper, LeadPast Producer
ColumbiaGold, Copper, LeadUnknown
Reported OccurrencesChromiumOccurrence
Riverview MineChromiumOccurrence

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
Oakbar3.2 miles28
Steelhead4.0 miles18
Hamburg4.4 miles18
Scott Bar5.7 miles18
Walker8.4 miles28
Klamath River9.4 miles28
Seiad Valley10.4 miles19
Eileen11.2 miles19

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 CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14218531The 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.