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Peanut, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Hayfork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96041. It stands on Philpot Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dubakella Mountain quadrangle. It stands 2,579 feet above sea level.

Peanut within Trinity County

Then and now

1931 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Peanut, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Peanut, surveyed 1931

Compare 1931 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

195 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Peanut between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21,728 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 34 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
Natural49
Debris and open burning45
Arson/incendiarism34
Recreation and ceremony19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking8
Other causes7
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitCLINIC
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitHWY 3 HAYFORK 4
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestDEER
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitBURY
5 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestDUBAKELLA
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity Unit6-2
5 September 2003Natural15 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestCHINA #1
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Peanut: 19 past producers, 16 occurrences, 6 prospects, 6 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Gold, Manganese, Silver. 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
Bridge GulchLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Kelley MineGold, Arsenic, Copper, LeadPast Producer1932
Kingsbury GulchGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Manganese Queen MineSilica, Calcium, ManganesePast Producer1937, 1942
Black BessGold, SilverPast Producer
Golden EagleGold, SilverPast Producer
Dry Lake ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Dry Lake ProspectManganeseProspect1940
Manganese Queen MineManganeseProducerBementite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite
Plummer PeakManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Trinity County

Storms near this place

1 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peanut in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2003HailPeanut-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trinity 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
Post Mountain4.2 miles16
Hayfork5.9 miles22
Luckie Place7.4 miles22
Wildwood7.9 miles16
Friend Place10.2 miles16
Forest Glen10.5 miles17
Murphy Place12.4 miles15
Graham Place12.8 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 PeanutAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7157920The 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 264592. 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.