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Kramm, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Oroville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95965. It lies near Schirmer Ravine. The Survey maps it on the Oroville quadrangle. It stands 417 feet above sea level.

Kramm within Butte County

Then and now

1891 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kramm, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Kramm, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

841 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 841 fires within 5 miles of Kramm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39,491 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 133 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/undetermined331
Equipment and vehicle use206
Arson/incendiarism133
Debris and open burning61
Misuse of fire by a minor61
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Smoking13
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony6
Firearms and explosives use1

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
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresButte UnitWYNDOTTE
9 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitTRUCK
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitFEATHER
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitGAYLOR AVE ORO
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte Unitnot named
8 September 2013Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreButte UnitWYANDOTTE
8 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreButte UnitUNION
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitCHEROKEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 59 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Kramm: 22 past producers, 20 unknowns, 10 producers, 7 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Arsenic. 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
Table Mountain Clay Products CoClayUnknown
Table Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rock River PropertyGold, ArsenicPast ProducerGold
Rock River PropertyGold, ArsenicUnknown
AmoGold, SilverPast Producer
Donnie LeeGold, SilverPast Producer
Patterson-Inman PropertyGold, SilverPast Producer
Bailey Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dry Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oroville North PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Butte 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
Wicks Corner2.8 miles29
Thermalito2.9 miles29
Oroville3.1 miles29
Yuman (historical)3.1 miles29
Elsey3.8 miles29
Oregon City4.1 miles29
South Oroville4.3 miles25
Oroville Junction4.6 miles26

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 Q6436052The 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 1658922. 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.