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Howard, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Mount Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96067. It lies near Quail Hill. The Survey maps it on the City of Mount Shasta quadrangle.

Howard within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Howard, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Howard, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 30 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

463 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 463 fires within 5 miles of Howard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 40 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
Recreation and ceremony105
Railroad operations and maintenance91
Missing data/not specified/undetermined90
Debris and open burning47
Arson/incendiarism40
Natural37
Equipment and vehicle use30
Smoking11
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes3
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
8 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSANDFLAT
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitHILL
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT #2
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT #3
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT #4
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestBIG
6 September 2016Smokingunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSKI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Howard: 3 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver, 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
Griffin Onyx Marble QuarryMarble, Dimension, GemstoneUnknown
Rainbow GroupCopperUnknown
Victoria Qtz. ProspectGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Victoria Quartz MineGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Don Clifton Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lucky DayGoldPast Producer
Mt Shasta PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mt. Shasta Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Mount Shasta1.8 miles30
Pioneer2.3 miles30
Azalea2.7 miles30
Cantara (historical)3.4 miles30
Mott3.7 miles30
Upton4.2 miles30
Shasta Springs4.6 miles31
Signal Butte5.2 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 261569. 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.