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Midway, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Central Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96088. The Survey maps it on the Inwood quadrangle.

Midway within Shasta County

Then and now

1886 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Midway, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Midway, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

190 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 962 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined56
Debris and open burning51
Equipment and vehicle use33
Arson/incendiarism27
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShasta-Trinity Unit44 #3
4 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use60 acresShasta-Trinity UnitWILSON
3 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitALPINE
27 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresShasta-Trinity UnitLACK 2
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionREED
22 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitWILDCAT
17 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitWILDCAT TAC 11
15 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictSCHARSCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Midway: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Diatomite. 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
Stewart & Moore ProspectDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Stewart & Moore ProspectDiatomiteProducer

Every working recorded in Shasta 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
Inwood1.6 miles28
Shingletown4.1 miles25
Wagoner5.4 miles25
Ellis (historical)5.6 miles25
Redwoods6.7 miles28
Pawnee8.4 miles25
Smith8.5 miles25
Whitmore9.2 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659123. 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.