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Little Shasta, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Montague census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96064. It lies near Camelback. The Survey maps it on the Little Shasta quadrangle.

Little Shasta within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Little Shasta, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Little Shasta, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Little Shasta between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,650 acres in total. 16 started naturally. None was 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
Natural16
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Other causes1
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
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestTEMPLE
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTING #53
18 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitBROOK
17 September 2005Debris and open burning746 acresSiskiyou UnitLICHENS
14 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSiskiyou UnitHARRY
11 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreSiskiyou UnitWILLIAMS
1 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMARBLE
9 August 2013Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitTABLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Little Shasta: 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Fort Baker RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Drop-OffStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Drop-OffStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hart QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect

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
Logan4.2 miles29
Snowden7.2 miles29
Montague7.3 miles28
Big Springs8.1 miles31
Grenada8.1 miles28
Ager11.3 miles29
Grass Lake11.9 miles28
Pomeroy (historical)12.3 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 262720. 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.