Maple Creek, California
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Arcata census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95550. It stands on Boulder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maple Creek quadrangle. It stands 528 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1922 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1922 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1922 USGS Korbel quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Blue Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Blue Lake quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1977 USGS Maple Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Hayfork quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Maple Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Maple Creek between 1993 and 2015, burning about 105 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | MORRIS |
| 10 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.1 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | SNOW |
| 6 August 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.2 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | SNOW |
| 24 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | MOUNTAIN |
| 23 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | MURPHY |
| 16 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | MAPLE |
| 15 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | KORBEL |
| 15 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | MCGILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Maple Creek: 6 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Chromium, Mercury, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Several Unlocatable Mines | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Unknown | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Black Creek Prospect | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Edna Mine | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Manganese | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kneeland | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fernwood | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Dinsmores | 7.5 miles | 21 | |
| Janes Place | 8.3 miles | 19 | |
| Riverside | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Korbel | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lone Star Junction | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| The Springs | 9.2 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Maple Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6753852 | 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 263168. 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.






