Paskenta, California
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the West Tehama census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96074. It stands on Digger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paskenta quadrangle. 110 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 726 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1952 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1952 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresPaskenta fell from 112 to 110 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 112 | |
| 2020 | 110 | -2 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1952 USGS Paskenta quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Paskenta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Willows quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Paskenta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Paskenta between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,745 acres in total. 8 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | PASKENTA IC TAC 12 |
| 3 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | 4-4 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | 4-3 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | 47 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | LIGHTNING 46 |
| 21 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | EDJERLY,J |
| 21 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | KELLY,N |
| 19 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | LINNET |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Paskenta: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Chromium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohan-Gooday | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Comet and Arasta | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Kerling Pit #35 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Paskenta Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paskenta in 1 storm report in 1999: 1 wildfire. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1999 | Wildfire | Paskenta | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilder Place | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Flournoy | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pellow Place | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Whitlock Place | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Houghton Place | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Lowrey | 8.9 miles | 19 | |
| Dawson Place | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Copple Place | 9.6 miles | 21 |
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 Paskenta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3476029 | The 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 230388. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





