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Inskip, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Paradise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95954. It lies near Gold Hill. The Survey maps it on the Stirling City quadrangle. It stands 4,777 feet above sea level.

Inskip within Butte County

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Inskip, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Inskip, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

On record in Inskip

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 25 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Inskip between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,394 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural14
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking2
Other causes2
Firearms and explosives use1
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
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSKYWAY / HUMBUG SUMMIT R
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLassen National ForestBROWNS
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreButte UnitLIGHTNING
29 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLassen National ForestRAVINE
29 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresButte UnitSTIRLING IC TAC 11
29 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitPOWELLTON 2
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestPHILBROOK
26 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLassen National ForestCUDDLEBACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 61 workings within 5 miles of Inskip: 23 past producers, 23 unknowns, 10 occurrences, 4 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Silver, Chromium. 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
Glen ProspectChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Glenn ProspectChromiumOccurrence
Boulder Number 2Gold, SilverPast Producer
Sky HighGold, SilverPast Producer
TenderfootGold, SilverPast Producer
Martin DepositIronProspect
MorrisonIronPast Producer
Morrison Rusty Ridge Standard Slag Co. DepositIronProducer
Remple ClaimIronOccurrence
Remple PropertyIronProspect

Every working recorded in Butte 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
Powellton4.5 miles25
Lomo5.2 miles27
Stirling City5.7 miles25
Butte Meadows6.3 miles27
Lovelock7.1 miles25
Toadtown7.5 miles25
DeSabla8.7 miles24
De Sabla8.8 miles24

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 InskipAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q11004788The 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 252699. 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.