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Lake Shastina, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Weed census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96094. The Survey maps it on the Juniper Flat quadrangle.

Lake Shastina 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 Lake Shastina, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Lake Shastina, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

142 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Lake Shastina between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,928 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined45
Natural33
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Other causes3
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
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCOLLINS
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestJUNIPER
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSHASTA
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3413
3 September 1995Smokingunder an acreSiskiyou UnitCENTER
29 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBOBCAT
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTING #83
28 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitGALLOP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lake Shastina: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Yellow Butte QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, DimensionProducer
Mills Ranch QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Reported OccurrenceStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

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
Hotlum4.6 miles32
Graham (historical)5.0 miles29
Big Springs5.1 miles31
Carrick5.6 miles32
Edgewood6.0 miles31
Bolam6.2 miles29
Metcalf (historical)7.0 miles31
Weed7.4 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805903. 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.