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Pine Grove, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Redding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96019. It lies near Sand Flat. The Survey maps it on the City of Shasta Lake quadrangle.

Pine Grove within Shasta County

Then and now

1890 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pine Grove, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Pine Grove, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 30 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

542 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 542 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,742 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 80 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined186
Equipment and vehicle use105
Arson/incendiarism80
Debris and open burning59
Smoking44
Misuse of fire by a minor31
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitOLD 3
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitASHBY
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined70 acresNorthern California DistrictFLANAGAN
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitTRAIL #4
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBEAR
7 September 2007Smoking1.6 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2006Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictVISTA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 74 workings within 5 miles of Pine Grove: 32 past producers, 17 unknowns, 15 occurrences, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Limestone, General. 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
CleavlandGold, Copper, Lead, IronPast ProducerGold
Evening StarGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerCopper, Gold, Silver
Old Digging DistrictGold, BismuthOccurrenceQUARTZ VEINS
Original Quartz HillGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
ThompsonCopper, GoldOccurrenceChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Unnamed PropertyChromiumUnknown
WalkerGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerCopper, Gold, Silver
Anderson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Anderson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Arps MineManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Shasta County

Storms near this place

2 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Grove in 2 storm reports between 2024 and 2026: 2 flood. 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
January 2026FloodPine Grove-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on Interstate 5.
January 2024FloodPine Grove-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at the intersection of Paso Robles Avenue and Portero Drive.

Every storm recorded in Shasta 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
Project City (historical)1.0 miles30
Shasta Lake1.4 miles30
Central Valley (historical)1.4 miles30
Newtown2.3 miles31
Silverthorn2.4 miles31
Government Camp2.7 miles31
Buckeye2.8 miles31
Houston (historical)2.9 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659393. 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.