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Pecwan, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Willow Creek-Hoopa Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95546. It stands on East Fork Pecwan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Johnsons quadrangle.

Pecwan within Humboldt County

Then and now

1925 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pecwan, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Pecwan, surveyed 1925

Compare 1925 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

166 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Pecwan between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,270 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 86 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
Arson/incendiarism86
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California AgencyCAPPEL
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California AgencyCAPPELII
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California AgencyCAPPELIII
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitROACH
6 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protection21
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCAPPELL
3 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCAPPELL
3 September 2003Natural8.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitJOHNSON'S

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Pecwan: 6 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Palladium, Platinum, Iridium. 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
White CedarChromium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Palladium, Platinum, IridiumOccurrenceChromite
East ForkChromiumUnknown
Pecwan MineChromiumProspect
Pecwan Mine Englebright, New MonChromiumProducerChromite
UnknownChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Gold OccurrenceGoldUnknown
Manapier MineGoldOccurrenceGold
Manapier MineGoldProducer
Manapier MineGoldOccurrence
Morwick HillGoldPast Producer

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
Pekwan (historical)0.1 miles15
Surgone0.6 miles15
Shregegon (historical)0.7 miles15
Johnsons1.1 miles15
Mettah2.5 miles15
Notchko3.4 miles15
Erner (historical)6.7 miles15
Elk Grove (historical)9.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1665262. 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.