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Johnson Park, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96013. It lies near Burney Valley. The Survey maps it on the Burney quadrangle.

Johnson Park within Shasta County

Then and now

1886 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Johnson Park, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Johnson Park, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

338 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 338 fires within 5 miles of Johnson Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 372 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 44 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/undetermined147
Natural46
Arson/incendiarism44
Smoking22
Equipment and vehicle use20
Debris and open burning20
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Recreation and ceremony16
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSTATION
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitSHASTA
8 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitROFF WY BURNEY
8 September 2005Smokingunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitWASHBURN
8 September 2004Smoking33 acresShasta-Trinity UnitCASSEL
8 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitPUBLISHER
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRABBIT
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitJACKRABBIT FLAT BURNEY 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Johnson Park: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Pumice. 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
Brush Mountain QuarryPumiceProducer
Unnamed LocationDiatomiteOccurrence

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
Four Corners1.8 miles28
Burney3.0 miles28
Cassel4.2 miles28
Doyles Corner4.5 miles28
Hat Creek8.5 miles28
Cayton10.0 miles26
Gomez10.1 miles26
Fall River Mills11.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661815. 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.