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Pacific Shores, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Crescent City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95531. It stands on Talawa Slough. The Survey maps it on the Crescent City quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.

Pacific Shores within Del Norte County

Then and now

1929 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 54 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pacific Shores, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Pacific Shores, surveyed 1929

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

217 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Pacific Shores between 1992 and 2020, burning about 376 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined89
Debris and open burning40
Equipment and vehicle use29
Arson/incendiarism23
Recreation and ceremony19
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking2
Natural1

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
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionKINGS
7 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitOCEAN
6 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLAKE
5 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHIGHTS ACCESS RD / OLD MI
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHADDAD #1
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHADDAD #3
5 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMOVIE LANE
4 September 2008Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitKING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Del Norte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Pacific Shores: 10 producers, 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone. 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
Crescent City Rock & Sand Co.StoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown
Bailey BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bailey BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crescent City Rock and CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hemmingsen Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hemmingsen Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Huffman BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ranch BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Del Norte 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
Fort Dick2.9 miles21
Tryon Corner3.3 miles18
Yontocket3.6 miles18
Smith River5.8 miles18
Khoonkhwuttunne (historical)6.4 miles18
Crescent City6.9 miles21
Tatlatunne (historical)7.0 miles21
Hiouchi8.1 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 Pacific ShoresAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7122688The 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 1702440. 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.