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Patricks Point, California

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the North Coastal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95570. It stands on Beach Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trinidad quadrangle. It stands 239 feet above sea level.

Patricks Point within Humboldt County

Then and now

1945 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 37 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Patricks Point, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Patricks Point, surveyed 1945

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Patricks Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use18
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
9 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitVIBE
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNorthern California DistrictCOVE
7 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitQUARRY
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCOVE
5 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitOCEAN
30 September 2014Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitPAT
3 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLAGOON
27 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitSCENIC DR / HWY 101

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Patricks Point: 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Platinum, 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
Big Lagoon Mining Co.Gold, PlatinumProducer1855
UnknownStoneOccurrence
Pitcher Sone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Trinidad QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Big LagoonGoldPast Producer
Reported OccurrenceGoldOccurrence
Reported OccurrencesGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Shumig (historical)0.9 miles11
Big Lagoon2.8 miles11
Tsurau (historical)4.5 miles11
Trinidad4.5 miles11
Westhaven6.5 miles13
Moonstone6.9 miles13
Crannell8.6 miles13
Clam Beach9.2 miles21

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 Patricks PointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7147889The 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 230403. 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.