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Paige Bar, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Southwest Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96047. It stands on Paige Boulder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Igo quadrangle.

Paige Bar 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 Paige Bar, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Paige Bar, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 27 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

393 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 393 fires within 5 miles of Paige Bar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 56,994 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 45 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/undetermined123
Equipment and vehicle use75
Arson/incendiarism45
Debris and open burning42
Smoking29
Natural28
Recreation and ceremony18
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Fireworks4
Other causes2

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 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictLOWER 5
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitMIDDLE 2
7 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWhiskeytown National Recreation AreaWHISKEYTOW
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitPINES
6 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictDIGGINGS
5 September 2003Natural2.0 acresNorthern California DistrictSHU SWASEY
5 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresShasta-Trinity UnitKELLER
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWhiskeytown National Recreation AreaSHEEP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 214 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 214 workings within 5 miles of Paige Bar: 95 past producers, 65 unknowns, 38 occurrences, 13 producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Copper, Iron. 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
AmericusCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceUnderground
Anavina GroupGold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Big DykeSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, ZincPast ProducerVein
Boswell GroupGold, Copper, SulfurPast ProducerGold
Broken HillGold, Iron, SulfurPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Brush Mountain PitPumiceProducer
Buena VistaGold, Copper, TungstenOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Scheelite
ContinentalGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GambrinusGold, ManganesePast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Pyrolusite
GanimTalc-Soapstone, Copper, GoldPast Producer

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
Shasta3.0 miles29
Whiskeytown4.1 miles26
Hogtown (historical)4.1 miles29
Kett4.5 miles29
Middletown (historical)4.7 miles29
Keswick5.0 miles29
Oak Bottom (historical)5.1 miles26
Igo5.2 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661843. 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.