Pine Town, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Westwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96137. It stands on Robbers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Westwood East quadrangle. It stands 5,089 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1886 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Westwood East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Westwood East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
156 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Pine Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined | 61 |
| Natural | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | 36 |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | 2-3 MCKENZIE |
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | PINE |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | 2-2 BORROW |
| 6 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | WALKER DAM WEST_WOOD 2 |
| 5 September 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | DELWOOD |
| 30 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | LGT #77 |
| 30 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lassen-Modoc Unit | CEDAR #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pine Town: 5 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Diatomite, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red River Lumber Co. | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Location | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Gold Occurrence | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood | 0.8 miles | 25 | |
| Clear Creek | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Robbers Creek | 4.6 miles | 25 | |
| Coppervale | 5.4 miles | 22 | |
| Lasco | 8.2 miles | 21 | |
| Westwood Junction | 9.1 miles | 21 | |
| Goumaz (historical) | 10.2 miles | 22 | |
| Norvell | 12.6 miles | 25 |
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 Pine Town | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7195372 | 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 1666103. 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.











