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Kettenpom, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mad River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95595. It stands on Kettenpom Peak. The Survey maps it on the Zenia quadrangle.

Kettenpom within Trinity County

Then and now

1921 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kettenpom, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Kettenpom, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Kettenpom between 1992 and 2020, burning about 129 acres in total. 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural10
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism2

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 acreSix Rivers National ForestMENDO
28 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitZENIA
25 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use12 acresSix Rivers National ForestROUND
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named
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
9 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitKETTONPOM
7 August 2017Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestSHANNON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 58 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Kettenpom: 28 occurrences, 21 prospects, 4 producers, 4 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese. 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
Big BoyManganeseOccurrence1941
Big Boy DepositManganeseOccurrence
Big Horn No. 1ManganeseProspect1942
Big Horn No. 1 and No. 2ManganeseOccurrenceRhodochrosite
Blue Lizard ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Blue Lizard ProspectManganeseProspect1918
BriggsManganeseOccurrence
Briggs DepositsManganeseOccurrence
Broken Hammer ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Broken Hammer ProspectsManganeseProspect1942

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
Robbers Roost1.4 miles18
Zenia3.7 miles18
Shannon Place5.2 miles17
Kekawaka5.3 miles14
Crabtree Place5.8 miles17
Willie Hoaglin Place7.2 miles17
Yellowjacket Place7.3 miles17
Bob Hoaglin Place8.2 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 Q122546304The 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 252711. 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.