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Osborne, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Central Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96069. It lies near Oak Flat. The Survey maps it on the Oak Run quadrangle.

Osborne within Shasta County

Then and now

1890 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Osborne, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Osborne, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 26 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Osborne between 1992 and 2020, burning about 66,597 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use28
Debris and open burning26
Natural21
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
4 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitBACKBONE
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitRIDGE
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitLIGHTNING #81
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitLIGHTNING #82
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitLIGHTNING #47
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use48 acresShasta-Trinity UnitROSY
22 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictSNIDER
21 September 1999Smokingunder an acreNorthern California DistrictSTORE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Osborne: 15 occurrences, 11 past producers, 7 prospects, 6 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Zinc, Mercury. 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
AfterthoughtCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1862, 1873, 1952
AsherLead, ZincProspect
Clover Creek Copper LeaseCopper, IronOccurrenceChalcopyrite
CortezGold, CopperProducerGold
DonkeyCopper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, GoldPast ProducerUnderground
FreemontGold, SilverPast Producer
Old IndianGold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Sugarloaf and HomestakeLead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrenceReplacement
AsherZinc, LeadOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Bibbens HeirsStoneProspect

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
Oak Run2.3 miles26
Furnaceville (historical)2.5 miles26
Ingot2.7 miles26
Wilkinson5.6 miles26
Fern5.6 miles29
Fitzpatrick (historical)6.2 miles29
Round Mountain7.0 miles31
Pawnee7.3 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1682508. 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.