Jonesville, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Paradise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95942. It stands on Jones Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jonesville quadrangle. It stands 5,049 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1995The 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 sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched 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 Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Lake Almanor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Jonesville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 15,138 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | HUMBUG |
| 30 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | TRAIL |
| 29 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | SUMMIT |
| 27 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | COLBY |
| 26 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | CUDDLEBACK |
| 15 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | COLBY |
| 13 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | MILKHOUSE |
| 11 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | HUMBOLDT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jonesville: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Treasure Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Lost Treasure Mine | Gold | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jonesville in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 1 debris flow, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Debris Flow | Jonesville | $48,000 | Multiple rockfalls blocked SR 70 in the Feather River Canyon with rocks and large boulders. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Jonesville | - | California Highway Patrol reports numerous roads closed across Butte County due to roadway flooding, including SR 70 from Jarbo Gap to SR 89, Central House from SR 70 to Lone Tree, and SR 162 in multiple locations. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butte Meadows | 4.9 miles | 27 | |
| Inskip | 9.3 miles | 25 | |
| Lomo | 9.4 miles | 27 | |
| Powellton | 13.8 miles | 25 | |
| Stirling City | 14.5 miles | 25 | |
| Lovelock | 16.3 miles | 25 | |
| Toadtown | 16.8 miles | 25 | |
| DeSabla | 18.0 miles | 24 |
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 Jonesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6275426 | The 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 262014. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











