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Iron Mountain, California

26 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 96001. It stands on Iron Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Whiskeytown quadrangle.

Iron Mountain 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 Iron Mountain, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Iron Mountain, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

229 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 229 fires within 5 miles of Iron Mountain between 1992 and 2020, burning about 35,571 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined57
Equipment and vehicle use40
Natural27
Smoking27
Arson/incendiarism23
Recreation and ceremony17
Debris and open burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Firearms and explosives use9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Fireworks4
Other causes1

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
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitIRON #5
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitPINES
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWhiskeytown National Recreation AreaBOTTOM
5 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresNorthern California DistrictIRON
4 September 2013Firearms and explosives use9.0 acresNorthern California DistrictIRON 3
3 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3491
3 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitTEREANE
29 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitHWY 299 W/ ROCK CREEK 9

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 225 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 225 workings within 5 miles of Iron Mountain: 89 past producers, 66 unknowns, 52 occurrences, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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
AjaxGold, TungstenPast ProducerGold, Scheelite
BalaklalaCopper, Silver, Gold, IronPast Producer1895, 1948
Balaklava MineCopper, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer1890, 1906
Evening StarGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerCopper, Gold, Silver
GambrinusGold, ManganesePast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Pyrolusite
GanimGold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerGold, Talc
GanimTalc-Soapstone, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Giant ConsolidatedCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceSurface/Underground
GladstoneGold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working 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
Minnesota2.0 miles31
Whiskeytown2.9 miles26
Motion3.4 miles31
Matheson3.4 miles31
Oak Bottom (historical)3.5 miles26
Hart (historical)4.4 miles31
Keswick4.5 miles29
Whitehouse (historical)4.9 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658834. 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.