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Kekawaka, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Mad River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95595. It stands on Kekawaka Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jewett Rock quadrangle.

Kekawaka within Trinity County

Then and now

1920 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kekawaka, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Kekawaka, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Kekawaka between 1992 and 2016, burning about 99 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural3
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use20 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitNEAFUS
22 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitISLAND
17 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPEAK
11 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSTEWART
11 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use21 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitDAVIES
31 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use32 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitISLAND
27 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitWOOL
26 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.7 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitWOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Kekawaka: 21 occurrences, 19 prospects, 6 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron. 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
Island MountainCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer1942
Island Mountain ConsolidatedCopper, Silver, Gold, IronPast ProducerReplacement
Island Mountain ConsolidatedCopperPast Producer
Big Horn No. 1ManganeseProspect1942
Big Horn No. 1 and No. 2ManganeseOccurrenceRhodochrosite
Blue Lizard ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Blue Lizard ProspectManganeseProspect1918
Broken Hammer ProspectsManganeseProspect1942
Bucking Camp Deposits No. 1ManganeseProspect1942
Bucking Camp Deposits No. 1 and 2ManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Trinity 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
Island Mountain5.0 miles19
Robbers Roost5.1 miles18
Kettenpom5.3 miles18
Zenia7.7 miles18
Shannon Place9.3 miles17
Crabtree Place9.8 miles17
Willie Hoaglin Place9.8 miles17
Bob Hoaglin Place10.1 miles17

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 Q122570099The 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 1658887. 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.