Norgaar, California

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1918 1998

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.

• 1918 USGS Anada quadrangle1:62500
• 1931 USGS Hoaglin quadrangle1:96000
• 1935 USGS Hoaglin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
• 1954 USGS Pickett Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
• 1973 USGS Sportshaven quadrangle1:24000
• 1979 USGS Garberville quadrangle1:100000
• 1998 USGS Sportshaven quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Norgaar (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26,696 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 11 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Graham Place
• Sids Place
• Mad River
• Ueland Place
• Bramlet Place
• Burnt Ranch

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Norgaar (historical): 9 occurrences, 6 prospects, 6 unknowns, 3 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Copper, Gold, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Trinity County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1683010. 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.