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Morgan Springs, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Tehama census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96061. It lies near Morgan Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Mineral quadrangle.

Morgan Springs within Tehama County

Then and now

1886 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Morgan Springs, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Morgan Springs, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Morgan Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,033 acres in total. 37 started naturally. None was 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
Natural37
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning6
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLassen National ForestMORGAN
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLassen National ForestMORGAN
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLassen National ForestKELLY
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLassen National ForestTENT
6 September 2007Smokingunder an acreLassen National ForestTURNER
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined271 acresLassen National ForestWILSON
23 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreLassen National ForestRICE
22 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLassen Volcanic National ParkTWO FORK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Morgan Springs: 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Morgan SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Unidentified QuarryStone, DimensionOccurrence
Cinder PitStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Cinder PitStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Tehama 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
Childs Meadows1.0 miles24
Mill Creek2.5 miles28
Mineral4.6 miles28
Fire Mountain6.3 miles24
Deer Creek9.4 miles24
Black Forest10.0 miles24
Saint Bernard10.2 miles24
Lyonsville12.6 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659177. 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.