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.
Then and now
1886 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Crescent Mills quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Crescent Mills quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
236 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 95 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | HOT |
| 7 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | WOLF 3 |
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | CHINA |
| 6 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | WOLF |
| 6 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | WOLF 2 |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | HORSE |
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | FALLS |
| 5 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | DAWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 87 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Lake | Silica, Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Feather River Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Houghs Peak | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Lakeview Valley Vi | Silica, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Rock-O Mine | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Standart Mine | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Titanium, Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Valley View | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Shoofly Limestone | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent Mills | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Indian Falls | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| Round Valley (historical) | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Paxton | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Greenville | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Keddie | 4.5 miles | 24 | |
| Tasikoyo (historical) | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Taylorsville | 5.1 miles | 24 |
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 Q6887494 | The 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.











