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Opegoi, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Willow Creek-Hoopa Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95556. It stands on Red Cap Creek. The Survey maps it on the Orleans quadrangle. It stands 341 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Opegoi within Humboldt County

Then and now

1925 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Opegoi (historical), surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Opegoi (historical), surveyed 1925

Compare 1925 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

234 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Opegoi (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,974 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 80 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
Arson/incendiarism80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Debris and open burning32
Recreation and ceremony26
Natural14
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Fireworks3
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSix Rivers National Forestnot named
8 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestPILGRIM
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestRED
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestORLEANS
7 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestPERCH
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestRED CAP
5 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresSix Rivers National ForestALLEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Opegoi (historical): 27 occurrences, 14 past producers, 5 producers, 3 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Platinum, Silver. 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
Bluff Creek LodeGold, Copper, Iron, SilverOccurrence
Orleans DistrictGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer1850
Red Cap CreekCopperOccurrence1880
Allen MineGold, PlatinumPast ProducerStream Placer
Allen MineGold, PlatinumOccurrence
Big Rock Chrome ClaimChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Big Rock Chrome ClaimChromiumProspect
Golden CornucopiaGold, SilverPast Producer
JungleGold, SilverPast Producer
Orleans PlacerGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Wright Place4.0 miles14
Orleans4.5 miles16
Panamenik (historical)4.5 miles16
Dyer Place (historical)4.8 miles16
Lockharts (historical)5.6 miles16
Pekwuteu (historical)7.3 miles16
Weitchpec7.3 miles16
Ertlerger (historical)7.5 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Opegoi (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7095655The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1682147. 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.