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Pinewood Cove, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Weaverville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96091. It stands on Stoney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trinity Dam quadrangle.

Pinewood Cove within Trinity 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 Pinewood Cove, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Pinewood Cove, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Pinewood Cove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. 54 started naturally. 3 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
Natural54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony11
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2017Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestGRANITE
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestLITTLE
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestTANNERY
5 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSTUMP
4 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestFAWN
30 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestGRANITE
30 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
30 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 76 workings within 5 miles of Pinewood Cove: 27 unknowns, 26 past producers, 16 occurrences, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Stone, 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
MinersvillePGEUnknown
R.A.M. and Little AliceGold, IronPast ProducerGold, Hematite, Limonite
Rush Creek GraniteGraniteUnknown
Stewart ForkTungstenOccurrence
UnnamedAsbestosOccurrence
MinersvilleGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Minersville AreaNickelOccurrence
Rover PlacerGold, PlatinumOccurrence
UnnamedNickelOccurrence
KizerSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Cedar Stock0.9 miles27
Trinity Alps2.5 miles26
Ridgeville2.7 miles27
Estrellita3.1 miles27
Minersville (historical)3.4 miles27
Fairview4.7 miles27
Bragdon (historical)8.4 miles29
Keno (historical)9.2 miles27

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 Q122589799The 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 276929. 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.