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Logan, 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 Terwilliger Peak. The Survey maps it on the Bogus Mountain quadrangle.

Logan 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 Logan, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Logan, 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

36 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Logan between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,124 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural8
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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 2003Equipment and vehicle use20 acresSiskiyou UnitC00LEY
29 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSiskiyou UnitSHELLEY
26 September 2007Debris and open burning15 acresSiskiyou UnitAGER
17 September 2005Debris and open burning746 acresSiskiyou UnitLICHENS
7 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use124 acresSiskiyou Unit5TH
26 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSiskiyou UnitSEARS
26 August 1996Debris and open burning261 acresSiskiyou UnitWILDLIFE
25 August 1996Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING #75

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Logan: 3 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gemstone, Clay. 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
A H DenneyClayOccurrence
C B KayGemstoneOccurrence
Brown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Herr RanchStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Monague QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationStone, 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
Snowden3.0 miles29
Little Shasta4.2 miles29
Montague5.2 miles28
Ager7.4 miles29
Grenada8.9 miles28
Jims Camp9.2 miles27
Hawkinsville9.7 miles28
Yreka10.5 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 276646. 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.