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Kegg, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Butte Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96058. The Survey maps it on the Bray quadrangle.

Kegg 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 Kegg, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Kegg, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 31 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

145 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Kegg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,276 acres in total. 112 started naturally. 3 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
Natural112
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestLAKE
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestROUND
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHORSETHIEF
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHORSETHIEF 2
30 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKlamath National ForestHORSE 2
30 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKlamath National ForestTHIEF
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
25 September 1994Smokingunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Kegg: 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Criss QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
KeggStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Mount Hebron QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Reported OccurrencesStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Soule RanchStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

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
Jerome3.0 miles28
Bray3.2 miles31
Leaf3.4 miles28
Penoyar4.3 miles28
Mount Hebron6.8 miles28
Erickson7.3 miles28
Tennant8.3 miles31
Macdoel9.5 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658886. 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.