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Jims Camp, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Hornbrook-Hilt census division. It lies near Shasta River Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Hawkinsville quadrangle.

Jims Camp 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 Jims Camp, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Jims Camp, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

213 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Jims Camp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42,705 acres in total. 80 started naturally. 8 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
Natural80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Equipment and vehicle use46
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 acreSiskiyou UnitCOLLIER
5 September 2019Natural1,872 acresKlamath National ForestLIME
5 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictRIVER
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitAGER
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3415
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictCOTTONWOOD
23 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitJILSON
22 September 2002Smokingunder an acreNorthern California DistrictSHINAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 127 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 127 workings within 5 miles of Jims Camp: 56 past producers, 30 unknowns, 28 occurrences, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Manganese, 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
G B RussellFlagstone, StoneOccurrence
Taylor Ranch QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationsChromiumOccurrence
A H DenneyClayOccurrence
Bob Silva ExcavationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C B KayGemstoneOccurrence
Chastain & BowenClayOccurrence
HornbrookGemstoneOccurrence
Yreka Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
AmazonGold, CopperPast ProducerGold

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Henley4.9 miles27
Hawkinsville5.3 miles28
Hornbrook5.6 miles27
Snowden6.4 miles29
Ager7.0 miles29
Swiss Bar7.1 miles27
Yreka7.2 miles30
Montague7.9 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.

Wikidata item Q122568119The 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 1682306. 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.