Jerome, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Butte Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96058. It lies near East Jerome Butte. The Survey maps it on the Bray quadrangle.

Jerome within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 115 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jerome, surveyed 2001

Topographic sheet of Jerome, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

1886 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1894 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
1934 USGS Macdoel quadrangle1:96000
1941 USGS Macdoel quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS The Whaleback quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Penoyar quadrangle1:24000
2001 USGS Penoyar quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Jerome between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,253 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 3 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
Natural	74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Recreation and ceremony	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
Debris and open burning	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
5 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Klamath National Forest	ROUND
30 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	HORSETHIEF
30 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	HORSETHIEF 2
30 September 2014	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Klamath National Forest	HORSE 2
30 September 2014	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Klamath National Forest	THIEF
3 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Klamath National Forest	not named
25 September 1994	Smoking	under an acre	Klamath National Forest	not named
21 September 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Siskiyou Unit	AMIGO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Jerome: 4 producers, 3 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Horsethief Butte Pit	Pumice	Producer
Horsethief Butte Pit	Pumice	Producer
Criss Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Kegg	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Mount Hebron Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Reported Occurrences	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown

Every working recorded in Siskiyou 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Kegg	3.0 miles	31
Mount Hebron	3.8 miles	28
Penoyar	5.5 miles	28
Leaf	6.2 miles	28
Bray	6.2 miles	31
Macdoel	6.6 miles	28
Erickson	8.3 miles	28
Somerset	8.4 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658859. 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.