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Minnesota, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Southwest Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96001. It stands on Boulder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shasta Dam quadrangle.

Minnesota within Shasta County

Then and now

1890 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Minnesota, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Minnesota, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 31 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

351 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 351 fires within 5 miles of Minnesota between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64,126 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 49 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/undetermined117
Arson/incendiarism49
Equipment and vehicle use46
Natural31
Debris and open burning28
Smoking25
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Recreation and ceremony10
Firearms and explosives use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks4
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined70 acresNorthern California DistrictFLANAGAN
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitMIDDLE 2
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthern California DistrictKESWICK 2
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictVISTA
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitIRON #5
6 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitKESWICK 3
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitPINES
5 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresNorthern California DistrictIRON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 254 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 254 workings within 5 miles of Minnesota: 104 past producers, 77 unknowns, 54 occurrences, 13 producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Iron. 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
BalaklalaCopper, Silver, Gold, IronPast Producer1895, 1948
Brush Mountain PitPumiceProducer
CleavlandGold, Copper, Lead, IronPast ProducerGold
Evening StarGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerCopper, Gold, Silver
GambrinusGold, ManganesePast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Pyrolusite
GanimGold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerGold, Talc
GanimTalc-Soapstone, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Giant ConsolidatedCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceSurface/Underground
GrabCopper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer1848, 1916
Holg and Gregg QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Matheson1.5 miles31
Motion1.7 miles31
Iron Mountain2.0 miles26
Hart (historical)2.6 miles31
Whitehouse (historical)2.9 miles31
Keswick3.0 miles29
Hogtown (historical)3.6 miles29
Kett4.0 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659141. 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.