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Isaiah, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Feather Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95965. It stands on Stony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Berry Creek quadrangle. It stands 984 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Isaiah within Butte County

Then and now

1888 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Isaiah (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Isaiah (historical), surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

232 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Isaiah (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,170 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined67
Equipment and vehicle use56
Natural33
Debris and open burning31
Arson/incendiarism24
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1

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 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitFUNES
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresPlumas National ForestMALCOLM
6 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined8,333 acresButte UnitPOE
6 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution50 acresNorthern California DistrictBTU POE
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresButte UnitDETLOW
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSURCEASE
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitPENTZ
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte Unit70

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 79 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 79 workings within 5 miles of Isaiah (historical): 30 past producers, 25 occurrences, 16 unknowns, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Big BendCopper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerReplacement
Big BendGold, Copper, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Big Bend Marble QuarryLimestone, Dimension, Marble, DimensionPast Producer
Pinkston MineGold, Zinc, Barium-Barite, CopperPast ProducerBarite, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
PoeLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Reported CollectionGemstoneUnknown
SurceaseGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincUnknown
Surcease Bunker Hill and Treasure HillSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CopperProducer
Surcease MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony, IronPast ProducerAntimony, Bornite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrrhotite
Swayne MineIron, ChromiumPast Producer1916, 1917

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
David (historical)0.7 miles28
New Blinzing (historical)1.1 miles28
Blinzing (historical)1.5 miles28
Big Bend1.7 miles28
Hughes Place2.2 miles28
Poe2.4 miles28
Brush (historical)2.4 miles28
Parkhill2.9 miles28

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 Isaiah (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6078464The 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 1723865. 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.