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Penney, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Mad River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95595. It stands on Shell Mountain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Black Rock Mountain quadrangle.

Penney 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 Penney, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Penney, surveyed 1931

Compare 1931 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Penney between 1992 and 2018, burning about 17,105 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural55
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
7 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestGOAT
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestBIERCE
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestBLACK #1
18 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestPINE
17 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestBLACK
14 September 2017Natural4.0 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestBLOSSOM
12 September 2017Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSTAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Penney: 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Chromium. 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
Arrow Point Chrome MineChromiumOccurrence1939
Prospect CreekLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
WatsonGoldOccurrence
Cauldwell Manganese PropertyManganeseUnknown
Spider ProspectManganeseOccurrenceBementite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite

Every working 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
Payne3.1 miles16
Bramlet Place5.4 miles15
Murphy Place9.1 miles15
Russ Place10.1 miles17
Yellowjacket Place11.9 miles17
Ruth12.6 miles17
Crabtree Place13.6 miles17
Willie Hoaglin Place13.7 miles17

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 Q122570859The 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 1659366. 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.