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Oro Fino, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Fort Jones census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96032. It lies near Hull Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Greenview quadrangle.

Oro Fino within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 115 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oro Fino, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Oro Fino, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Oro Fino between 1992 and 2020, burning about 274 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Natural39
Equipment and vehicle use22
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitSHACKELFORD
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSHACKLEFORD
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionDANGEL
28 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreSiskiyou UnitPATTERSON
23 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTHILL
21 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTHILL #1
19 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthern California DistrictSNIKTAW
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitFINLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 138 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 138 workings within 5 miles of Oro Fino: 60 past producers, 32 unknowns, 31 occurrences, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, 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
Mclaughlin QuarryStoneProducer
Quartz Hill MineCopper, BismuthOccurrence
Reported OccurrenceGemstone, ZirconiumOccurrence
BurtonLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Meridian Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oro Fino QuarryLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Serpa RanchChromiumOccurrence
Tschopp QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed ProspectChromiumProspect
Fort JonesClayPast 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
Mugginsville1.7 miles29
Greenview2.2 miles29
Cheeseville4.3 miles29
Fort Jones4.7 miles30
Deacon Lee Place6.9 miles33
Hooperville (historical)8.0 miles30
Etna8.6 miles33
Scott Bar12.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 264399. 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.