Paulson Place, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Quincy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95956. It stands on Mosquito Creek. The Survey maps it on the Haskins Valley quadrangle.
Then and now
1888 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1888 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Bucks Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Chico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Haskins Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Haskins Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Paulson Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27,882 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 acres | Santa Clara Unit | JUNCTION |
| 29 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | ON TOP |
| 26 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | RIGHT HAND |
| 25 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | not named |
| 25 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | not named |
| 23 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | SHERMAN |
| 23 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | MONITOR |
| 2 September 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | BURNING TREE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Paulson Place: 19 occurrences, 7 past producers, 6 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Lake Job Coffee Creek S and G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Diadem Lode Deposit | Gold, Iron, Manganese, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Lahonda Mine | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| S R Weeks Claim | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Penrose Lode | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Sierra Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | Rhodonite | |
| Albion | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gibsonville | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Stag Point | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Boyd | Gold | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| China Gulch (historical) | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Bucks Lodge | 2.6 miles | 24 | |
| Bucks Lake | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Edmanton (historical) | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Meadow Valley | 7.4 miles | 23 | |
| Silver Creek (historical) | 7.9 miles | 23 | |
| Spanish Ranch | 8.7 miles | 23 | |
| Buckeye | 9.1 miles | 24 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122547128 | 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 1666520. 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.










