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Obie, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the East Shasta census division. It lies near Little Bear Flat. The Survey maps it on the Pondosa quadrangle.

Obie within Shasta 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 Obie, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Obie, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Obie between 1992 and 2017, burning about 17 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 1 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
Natural20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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
30 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING # 96
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING # 94
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING 93
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING #91
13 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING #86
8 August 2008Natural2.0 acresShasta-Trinity Unit1-26
6 August 2008Natural1.0 acresShasta-Trinity Unit1-9
6 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitDANA/LIGHT #21

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Obie: 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Gemstone. 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 PitGoldUnknown
PondosaGemstoneOccurrence

Every working recorded in Shasta 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
Harlow Place2.6 miles25
Spalding Corner7.6 miles25
Cayton8.6 miles26
Dana8.9 miles26
Gomez14.0 miles26
Glenburn14.0 miles21
Big Bend14.6 miles25
Four Corners17.0 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659280. 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.