Junction House, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Feather Falls census division. It lies near Spoon Ravine. The Survey maps it on the Brush Creek quadrangle. It stands 3,517 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1888 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1888 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 29 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.
- 1888 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1947 USGS Brush Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Big Bend Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Brush Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brush Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Brush Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Chico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Brush Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Junction House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,176 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 7 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | MOUNTAIN HOUSE |
| 5 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | HAPHAZARD |
| 4 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | MILSAP |
| 4 September 1998 | Natural | 12 acres | Plumas National Forest | FORK |
| 3 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | MOUNTAIN HOUSE |
| 3 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | LITTLE |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 53 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Junction House: 19 past producers, 18 unknowns, 15 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Star Claim | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1916, 1941 | |
| Marble Creek Deposit | Limestone, Dimension, Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Milsap Bar | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Mountain House Area | Nickel | Occurrence | 1957 | |
| Pocahontas | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Yellow Jacket Mine | Gold, Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Four L | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Pocahontas | Copper, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Annie Mae | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrimac | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Gold Lake (historical) | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Brush Creek | 4.3 miles | 29 | |
| Hughes Place | 5.9 miles | 28 | |
| Nelsons Crossing | 6.7 miles | 28 | |
| Blinzing (historical) | 6.7 miles | 28 | |
| Brush (historical) | 6.8 miles | 28 | |
| Kister | 6.8 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.
| Wikidata item Q6311737 | 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 1658874. 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.













