Manzanita Lake, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Central Shasta census division. It lies near Table Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Manzanita Lake quadrangle.
Then and now
1886 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Manzanita Lake
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Loomis Vistor Center, Bldg. 43listed 1975
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 30 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 Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1935 USGS Burney quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Burney quadrangle1:96000
- 1939 USGS Burney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Manzanita Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Burney quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Manzanita Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Manzanita Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Manzanita Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lassen Volcanic National Park | LOST FIRE |
| 6 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lassen Volcanic National Park | BLUE FIRE |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen Volcanic National Park | CHAOS |
| 26 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | OREGAN #6 |
| 26 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen Volcanic National Park | OVERLOAD |
| 25 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | 17 |
| 25 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | CABIN |
| 22 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | ASHPAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Manzanita Lake: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manzanita Lake in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2015: 2 hail, 1 wildfire. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Wildfire | Manzanita Lake | $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Manzanita Lake | - | Hail as large as dimes fell for about 5 minutes. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Manzanita Lake | - | Strong thunderstorms developed along the Sierra and southern Cascades. One thunderstorm, in particular, strengthened over Lassen National Park. As this storm slowly moved north over the area, it dropped a lot of 1 inch hail and heavy rain. This was reported by a park ranger located at the park entrance near Manzanita Lake. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summertown | 0.7 miles | 30 | |
| Viola | 6.3 miles | 29 | |
| Eastman Place | 9.3 miles | 29 | |
| Beal Place | 10.9 miles | 29 | |
| Bateman Place | 11.2 miles | 29 | |
| Old Station | 11.8 miles | 28 | |
| Whittington Place | 13.6 miles | 29 | |
| Shingletown | 17.7 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659052. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.














