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.
Then and now
1890 to 1998The 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.


Compare 1890 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 27 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.
- 1890 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1913 USGS Weaverville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1944 USGS French Gulch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS French Gulch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Igo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Redding quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Igo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
357 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 103 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 87 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Northern California District | CASTLE |
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,056 acres | Northern California District | CLOVER |
| 9 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | LOWER 5 |
| 9 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | SELTZER #2 |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | UNNAMED FIRE 3546 |
| 6 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northern California District | DIGGINGS |
| 6 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | TOWER |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | CLEAR 8 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 105 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Americus | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Anavina Group | Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Big Dyke | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Boswell Group | Gold, Copper, Sulfur | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Briggsville Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Broken Hill | Gold, Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite | |
| Clear Creek Mine | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Climax | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Silver | |
| Continental | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Jones Property | Lead | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Flood | Igo | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at Clear Creek Road and Cloverdale Road from heavy rain. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Igo | - | California Highway Patrol reported mud across Zogg Mine Road from heavy rain, blocking the entire roadway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville | 3.1 miles | 29 | |
| Cloverdale | 4.1 miles | 25 | |
| Middletown (historical) | 4.3 miles | 29 | |
| Ono | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Paige Bar | 5.2 miles | 27 | |
| Gas Point | 6.2 miles | 20 | |
| Shasta | 7.0 miles | 29 | |
| Hogtown (historical) | 8.1 miles | 29 |
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 Igo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12833539 | 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 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.








