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Lawyers Bar, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Smith River-Gasquet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95543. It stands on Little Jones Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hurdygurdy Butte quadrangle. It stands 899 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lawyers Bar within Del Norte County

Then and now

1922 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lawyers Bar (historical), surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Lawyers Bar (historical), surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Lawyers Bar (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,630 acres in total. 29 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
Recreation and ceremony40
Natural29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1
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
8 September 2017Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestSISKIYOU
5 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestHATCHERY
5 September 2003Natural2.5 acresSix Rivers National ForestSHELLY
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestTWENTY FOUR
4 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestMADRONE
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Del Norte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 57 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Lawyers Bar (historical): 33 occurrences, 13 unknowns, 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Copper, 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
Cam LateriteCobalt, Nickel, ChromiumOccurrence
Cam Laterite Ext.Nickel, Cobalt, ChromiumOccurrence
Chrome Hill Number 1Iron, ChromiumPast Producer1941
High DomeChromium, IronPast Producer1942
Mercury LocationMercury, SilverOccurrence
Siskiyou ForkGold, PlatinumOccurrenceStream Placer
Unnamed ProspectChromium, Palladium, Iridium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, PlatinumOccurrenceChromite
Unnamed ProspectChromium, Iridium, Palladium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, PlatinumOccurrenceChromite
Unnamed ProspectChromium, Rhodium, Platinum, Palladium, Ruthenium, IridiumOccurrenceChromite
UnknownMercuryOccurrence

Every working recorded in Del Norte 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
Patrick Creek0.8 miles22
Idlewild3.7 miles22
Darlingtonia6.3 miles21
Gasquet7.5 miles21
French Hill8.1 miles21
Adams Station8.7 miles21
Rockland10.3 miles22
Douglas Park13.5 miles16

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 Q6505100The 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 1682277. 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.