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Luckie Place, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Hayfork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96041. It lies near Digger Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Hayfork quadrangle.

Luckie Place within Trinity County

Then and now

1909 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Luckie Place, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Luckie Place, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 22 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

250 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Luckie Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,329 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined57
Natural49
Arson/incendiarism35
Equipment and vehicle use30
Debris and open burning30
Recreation and ceremony20
Smoking14
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitTULE
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitCLINIC
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitRIVERVIEW
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitRIVERVIEW #2
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitRIVERVIEW # 3
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitRIVERVIEW # 4
7 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSTUMP
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitBURY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Luckie Place: 9 past producers, 8 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Platinum, Chromium, Silver. 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
Kelley MineGold, Arsenic, Copper, LeadPast Producer1932
Two Sugar PinesManganeseProspect1940
Albies PropertyGold, SilverPast Producer
Big CreekGold, SilverPast Producer
Beebee ClaimsGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Hayfork Gold Dredging CompanyGold, PlatinumUnknown
Little CreekGold, PlatinumOccurrenceStream Placer
PhillpotChromiumPast Producer
Phillpot OccurrenceChromiumPast Producer1916
UnnamedChromiumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Trinity 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
Hayfork1.9 miles22
Peanut7.4 miles16
Friend Place10.2 miles16
Post Mountain10.4 miles16
Big Bar11.8 miles20
McClellan Place12.7 miles16
Hyampom13.3 miles19
Junction City13.7 miles21

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 Q122596340The 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 1665388. 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.