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Murphy Place, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Mad River census division. It lies near Rough Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Smoky Creek quadrangle.

Murphy Place within Trinity County

Then and now

1931 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Murphy Place, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Murphy Place, surveyed 1931

Compare 1931 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Murphy Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,627 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 7 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
Natural41
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
6 September 1992Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.8 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestBRAMLET
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
18 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestPINE
11 September 1994Natural1.0 acresShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
7 August 2006Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestRODEO
5 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestUP
5 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestMIDDLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Murphy Place: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold, Copper, Gold, 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
Linda MarieGold, SilverPast Producer
RebelGold, CopperUnknown
Rebel CopperCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Murphy-Bramlette ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Murphy-Bramlette ProspectManganeseProspect1918
UnnamedManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Trinity 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
Bramlet Place3.8 miles15
Ruth5.5 miles17
Payne7.6 miles16
Forest Glen7.8 miles17
Post Mountain8.9 miles16
Penney9.1 miles16
Ueland Place9.4 miles18
Yellowjacket Place10.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659200. 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.