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Lamoine, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Sacramento Canyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96051. It stands on Slate Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lamoine quadrangle.

Lamoine within Shasta County

Then and now

1890 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lamoine, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Lamoine, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Lamoine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 66,818 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 6 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
Equipment and vehicle use45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Natural29
Debris and open burning14
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestDELTA
6 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestPOLLARD
6 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined63,458 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestDELTA
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestPOLLARD
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestDAMNATION
5 September 2003Natural8.0 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestBRIAR
4 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestPUPPY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Lamoine: 9 past producers, 5 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Molybdenum. 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
Boulder CreekMolybdenum, IronPast ProducerMolybdenite, Pyrite
Gossan GroupGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerCopper, Gold, Silver
Gossan GroupGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Boulder CreekMolybdenumProducerUnknown
Grubstake Placer MineGold, SilverPast Producer
SchlosserMolybdenumPast Producer
Slaughterhouse BarGold, SilverPast Producer
Ida ChromeChromiumOccurrence
OccurrenceChromiumOccurrence
Unnamed PropertyChromiumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Shasta County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lamoine in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2023Heavy RainLamoine$25,000CHP reported /responded to HAZMAT incident caused by a truck hydroplaning on I-5N near Lamoine Rd due to moderate to heavy rain. The incident was mostly cleared at 1:30 PM PST. There was 1.25 of rain reported.

Every storm 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
Pollard Flat1.4 miles29
Delta2.3 miles29
Vollmers2.5 miles29
Gibson2.6 miles32
Riverview4.1 miles29
Fisher4.5 miles32
Pollock4.9 miles29
Lakehead5.7 miles29

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 Q120723078The 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 262310. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.