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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.

Maple Creek within Humboldt County

Then and now

1922 to 1997

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Maple Creek, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Maple Creek, surveyed 1922

Compare 1922 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

21 since 1993

Regional 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 burning10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
26 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMORRIS
10 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution2.1 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitSNOW
6 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution7.2 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitSNOW
24 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMOUNTAIN
23 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMURPHY
16 August 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMAPLE
15 August 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitKORBEL
15 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMCGILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownMercuryOccurrence
UnknownStoneOccurrence
Several Unlocatable MinesChromiumOccurrenceChromite
UnknownChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Black Creek ProspectManganeseUnknown
Edna MineManganeseOccurrence
UnknownManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Kneeland6.7 miles14
Fernwood7.4 miles15
Dinsmores7.5 miles21
Janes Place8.3 miles19
Riverside8.8 miles14
Korbel8.8 miles14
Lone Star Junction9.0 miles12
The Springs9.2 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.

Wikipedia article on Maple CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6753852The 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.