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Miller Place, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Hayfork census division. It stands on Plummer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sportshaven quadrangle.

Miller Place within Trinity County

Then and now

1918 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Miller Place, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Miller Place, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Miller Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27,437 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 7 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
Natural36
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking3
Other causes2

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
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestSUMMIT
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestMICK
20 September 2004Smokingunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestGROVE
2 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSULPHER
18 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestMILLER
17 September 1993Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
12 September 2001Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestMICK
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSix Rivers National ForestSPORTHAVEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Miller Place: 5 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Manganese, 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
FederalChromiumPast Producer
Little KlondykeGold, SilverPast Producer
MaddoxCopper, GoldOccurrenceGold
Snow Camp ClaimsManganeseOccurrence
Snow Camp ClaimsManganeseProspect1940
Big Creek PlacerGoldUnknown
Black PalangusCopperOccurrence
Black PalangusCopperUnknown
KlondikeGoldUnknown
MaddoxCopperOccurrence

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
McClellan Place1.6 miles16
Graham Place2.9 miles16
Sids Place3.5 miles16
Norgaar (historical)3.6 miles16
Friend Place3.8 miles16
Mad River4.4 miles13
Forest Glen8.4 miles17
Hyampom10.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659758. 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.