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Mott, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Dunsmuir census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96067. It stands on Big Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the City of Mount Shasta quadrangle.

Mott within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mott, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Mott, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 30 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 Mott between 1992 and 2020, burning about 216 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 24 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
Railroad operations and maintenance91
Missing data/not specified/undetermined70
Debris and open burning44
Recreation and ceremony43
Natural30
Equipment and vehicle use28
Arson/incendiarism24
Smoking9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
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
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTINING 20
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT #2
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT #3
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT #4
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestBIG
6 September 2016Smokingunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSKI
5 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestARCHERY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Mott: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Gemstone, Talc-Soapstone, 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
Griffin Onyx Marble QuarryMarble, Dimension, GemstoneUnknown
Hedge Creek Copper ProspectCopperPast Producer
Reported OccurrenceTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Victoria Qtz. ProspectGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Victoria Quartz MineGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Reported OccurrencesGemstoneOccurrence
Adelia RobertsGoldOccurrence
BoulderGoldPast ProducerGold
BoulderGoldOccurrence
Lucky DayGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Siskiyou 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
Cantara (historical)0.9 miles30
Shasta Springs1.2 miles31
Shasta Retreat1.7 miles31
Azalea1.9 miles30
Pioneer2.9 miles30
Dunsmuir3.6 miles31
Howard3.7 miles30
Mount Shasta3.9 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 263883. 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.