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Igo, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Southwest Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96047. It lies near Petty Butte. The Survey maps it on the Igo quadrangle. 103 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,089 feet above sea level.

Igo within Shasta County

Then and now

1890 to 1998

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 Igo, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Igo, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

357 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 357 fires within 5 miles of Igo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 66,931 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 66 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined103
Equipment and vehicle use87
Arson/incendiarism66
Debris and open burning46
Natural16
Smoking12
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2016Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresNorthern California DistrictCASTLE
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined8,056 acresNorthern California DistrictCLOVER
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictLOWER 5
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitSELTZER #2
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3546
6 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictDIGGINGS
6 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitTOWER
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitCLEAR 8

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 105 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 105 workings within 5 miles of Igo: 51 past producers, 24 unknowns, 20 occurrences, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, 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
AmericusCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceUnderground
Anavina GroupGold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Big DykeSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, ZincPast ProducerVein
Boswell GroupGold, Copper, SulfurPast ProducerGold
Briggsville Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Broken HillGold, Iron, SulfurPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Clear Creek MineTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
ClimaxSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Silver
ContinentalGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Jones PropertyLeadProspect

Every working recorded in Shasta County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Igo in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2025FloodIgo-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at Clear Creek Road and Cloverdale Road from heavy rain.
March 2023FloodIgo-California Highway Patrol reported mud across Zogg Mine Road from heavy rain, blocking the entire roadway.

Every storm recorded in Shasta 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
Centerville3.1 miles29
Cloverdale4.1 miles25
Middletown (historical)4.3 miles29
Ono4.6 miles20
Paige Bar5.2 miles27
Gas Point6.2 miles20
Shasta7.0 miles29
Hogtown (historical)8.1 miles29

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 IgoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q12833539The 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 225832. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.