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Kett, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Southwest Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96001. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Redding quadrangle.

Kett within Shasta County

Then and now

1890 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kett, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Kett, surveyed 1890

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 29 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

619 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 619 fires within 5 miles of Kett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29,114 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 93 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined221
Arson/incendiarism93
Equipment and vehicle use92
Debris and open burning66
Smoking45
Misuse of fire by a minor40
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony16
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Firearms and explosives use8
Fireworks5
Other causes4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitMIDDLE 2
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthern California DistrictKESWICK 2
7 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2006Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWhiskeytown National Recreation AreaWHISKEYTOW
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitIRON #5
6 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitKESWICK 3
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitPINES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 236 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 236 workings within 5 miles of Kett: 102 past producers, 74 unknowns, 46 occurrences, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
AmericusCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceUnderground
Boswell GroupGold, Copper, SulfurPast ProducerGold
Brush Mountain PitPumiceProducer
Buena VistaGold, Copper, TungstenOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Scheelite
Calaveras Cement Div.Limestone, General, ClayProducer
CleavlandGold, Copper, Lead, IronPast ProducerGold
GambrinusGold, ManganesePast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Pyrolusite
HorstmanGold, LeadOccurrenceVein
HorstmanGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Old Digging DistrictGold, BismuthOccurrenceQUARTZ VEINS

Every working recorded in Shasta 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
Hogtown (historical)0.6 miles29
Keswick1.1 miles29
Shasta1.6 miles29
Waugh (historical)1.7 miles29
Whitehouse (historical)3.8 miles31
Matheson3.9 miles31
Minnesota4.0 miles31
Redding4.1 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658898. 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.