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Moccasin, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95934. It stands on Dixie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crescent Mills quadrangle. It stands 3,517 feet above sea level.

Moccasin within Plumas County

Then and now

1886 to 1994

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 Moccasin, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Moccasin, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

236 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 236 fires within 5 miles of Moccasin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 889 acres in total. 95 started naturally. 13 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
Natural95
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism13
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking5
Other causes1

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
9 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acrePlumas National ForestHOT
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePlumas National ForestWOLF 3
7 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acrePlumas National ForestCHINA
6 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePlumas National ForestWOLF
6 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePlumas National ForestWOLF 2
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestHORSE
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestFALLS
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestDAWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 87 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 87 workings within 5 miles of Moccasin: 35 occurrences, 22 past producers, 13 producers, 11 unknowns. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Silver, Copper. 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
Crystal LakeSilica, Manganese, IronPast Producer1918
Feather River QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Houghs PeakIronOccurrence
Lakeview Valley ViSilica, ManganesePast Producer
Rock-O MineStone, DimensionProducer
Standart MineGold, SilverProducer
Unnamed LocationTitanium, ZirconiumOccurrence
Valley ViewChromiumOccurrence
Shoofly LimestoneLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationLimestone, DimensionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
Crescent Mills1.9 miles24
Indian Falls2.0 miles24
Round Valley (historical)3.2 miles24
Paxton4.1 miles24
Greenville4.4 miles23
Keddie4.5 miles24
Tasikoyo (historical)5.1 miles24
Taylorsville5.1 miles24

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.

Wikidata item Q6887494The 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 1656170. 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.