Lookout Junction, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Adin-Lookout census division. It lies near Summit Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Donica Mountain quadrangle. It stands 4,245 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava-Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Crank Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS McArthur quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Donica Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Donica Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Lookout Junction between 1992 and 2018, burning about 505 acres in total. 38 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Northern California District | UNNAMED FIRE 3738 |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | LIGHTNING #88 |
| 25 September 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | LIGHTNING #77 |
| 24 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | EGG |
| 16 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | LIGHTNING 32 |
| 12 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | 3-26 TROUT |
| 11 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Lassen-Modoc Unit | CEDAR |
| 6 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | CDF8 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Demuth | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Day | 8.1 miles | 21 | |
| White Horse | 9.4 miles | 22 | |
| Scarface | 11.0 miles | 21 | |
| Hollenbeck (historical) | 14.3 miles | 21 | |
| Old Hulbert Place | 15.7 miles | 21 | |
| Adin | 16.0 miles | 22 |
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 Q6675478 | The 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 1656140. 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.










