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Pekwuteu, California

16 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 Muddy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weitchpec quadrangle. It stands 348 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pekwuteu 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 Pekwuteu (historical), surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Pekwuteu (historical), surveyed 1925

Compare 1925 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

577 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 577 fires within 5 miles of Pekwuteu (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,064 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 319 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/incendiarism319
Missing data/not specified/undetermined113
Debris and open burning69
Equipment and vehicle use34
Natural19
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Fireworks5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2

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 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresHoopa Valley TribeTRINITY
9 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSix Rivers National Forestnot named
9 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreHoopa Valley TribeHOLDOVER 2
7 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHoopa Valley TribePOLE
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthern California AgencyROCK
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitWEITCHPEC 3
6 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHoopa Valley TribeBULL CREEK 2
6 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHoopa Valley TribeBALD HILL # 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Pekwuteu (historical): 12 occurrences, 6 producers, 3 past producers, 3 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Platinum, Graphite. 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
Bluff Creek LodeGold, Copper, Iron, SilverOccurrence
CavanaughGold, SilverPast Producer
Hoopa Indian ReservationPlatinum, Iridium, Osmium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, PalladiumOccurrencePlacer
Klamath River MineGold, Platinum, Osmium, IridiumProducer1860
Old County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownMercuryOccurrence
Weitchpec BarGold, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Osmium, IridiumProducerStream Placer
Klamath RiverGold, PGEOccurrence
Weitchpec Bar PlacerGold, PGEOccurrence
Cavanaugh MineGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer

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
Ertlerger (historical)0.3 miles16
Weitchpec0.4 miles16
Martins Ferry (historical)3.2 miles17
Waseck3.6 miles17
Wright Place6.5 miles14
Opegoi (historical)7.3 miles16
Hoopa9.4 miles16
Lockharts (historical)9.9 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 Pekwuteu (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7161126The 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 1682151. 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.