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.
Then and now
1931 to 1998The 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.


Compare 1931 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1931 USGS Hoaglin quadrangle1:96000
- 1935 USGS Hoaglin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Blackrock Mtn quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Blackrock Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Garberville quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Black Rock Mtn quadrangle1:25000
- 1998 USGS Black Rock Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 55 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | not named |
| 7 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | GOAT |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | BIERCE |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | BLACK #1 |
| 18 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | PINE |
| 17 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | BLACK |
| 14 September 2017 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | BLOSSOM |
| 12 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | STAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow Point Chrome Mine | Chromium | Occurrence | 1939 | |
| Prospect Creek | Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Watson | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Cauldwell Manganese Property | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Spider Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | Bementite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payne | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Bramlet Place | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Murphy Place | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Russ Place | 10.1 miles | 17 | |
| Yellowjacket Place | 11.9 miles | 17 | |
| Ruth | 12.6 miles | 17 | |
| Crabtree Place | 13.6 miles | 17 | |
| Willie Hoaglin Place | 13.7 miles | 17 |
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 Q122570859 | 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 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.







