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Johnsons, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Willow Creek-Hoopa Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95546. It stands on Achelth Creek. The Survey maps it on the Johnsons quadrangle. It stands 180 feet above sea level.

Johnsons within Humboldt County

Then and now

1925 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Johnsons, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Johnsons, surveyed 1925

Compare 1925 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Johnsons between 1992 and 2016, burning about 619 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 69 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
Arson/incendiarism69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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 2002Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitROACH
3 September 2003Natural8.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitJOHNSON'S
3 September 2003Natural100 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitTECTAH
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitSEVENTEEN
27 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMCKINNON
21 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresHumboldt-Del Norte Unit169
21 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMARTIN
17 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFERRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Johnsons: 6 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Platinum, Chromium. 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
Surpur CreekGold, PlatinumOccurrenceStream Placer
UnknownChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Gold OccurrenceGoldUnknown
Manapier MineGoldOccurrenceGold
Manapier MineGoldProducer
Manapier MineGoldOccurrence
MottahGoldPast Producer
UnknownGoldOccurrencePlacer
UnknownGoldOccurrencePlacer
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Pecwan1.1 miles15
Pekwan (historical)1.2 miles15
Shregegon (historical)1.4 miles15
Surgone1.4 miles15
Mettah2.8 miles15
Notchko3.7 miles15
Erner (historical)5.8 miles15
Elk Grove (historical)8.0 miles12

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 JohnsonsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14682529The 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 1658867. 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.