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Ingot, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Central Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96008. It lies near Norton Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Oak Run quadrangle.

Ingot 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 Ingot, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Ingot, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 26 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

158 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Ingot between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,124 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use29
Debris and open burning28
Natural27
Arson/incendiarism16
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitBACKBONE
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitRIDGE
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitLIGHTNING #81
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitLIGHTNING #82
26 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitWOODMAN
24 September 1994Natural3.0 acresShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
22 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictSNIDER
21 September 1999Smokingunder an acreNorthern California DistrictSTORE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Ingot: 13 occurrences, 11 past producers, 6 unknowns, 6 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Zinc, Lead. 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
AfterthoughtCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1862, 1873, 1952
AsherLead, ZincProspect
CortezGold, CopperProducerGold
DonkeyCopper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, GoldPast ProducerUnderground
FreemontGold, SilverPast Producer
Old IndianGold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Sugarloaf and HomestakeLead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrenceReplacement
AsherZinc, LeadOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Bibbens HeirsStoneProspect
CowboyCopper, Zinc, LeadOccurrenceReplacement

Every working recorded in Shasta County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ingot in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 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 2025FloodIngot-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding along State Route 299 from heavy rain.

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
Furnaceville (historical)1.3 miles26
Osborne2.7 miles26
Fitzpatrick (historical)3.8 miles29
Oak Run4.1 miles26
Wilkinson5.6 miles26
Calkins (historical)7.1 miles29
Winthrop (historical)7.5 miles27
Bully Hill7.7 miles27

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 IngotAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65043809The 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 261788. 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.