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Poe, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Feather Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95965. It stands on North Fork Feather River. The Survey maps it on the Berry Creek quadrangle. It stands 1,060 feet above sea level.

Poe within Butte County

Then and now

1888 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Poe, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Poe, surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

261 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Poe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,737 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined81
Equipment and vehicle use62
Debris and open burning43
Natural30
Arson/incendiarism26
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitFUNES
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresPlumas National ForestMALCOLM
6 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined8,333 acresButte UnitPOE
6 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution50 acresNorthern California DistrictBTU POE
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresButte UnitDETLOW
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitWINDERMERE 2
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSURCEASE
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitPENTZ

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 109 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 109 workings within 5 miles of Poe: 49 past producers, 36 occurrences, 14 unknowns, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Chromium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big BendCopper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerReplacement
Big BendGold, Copper, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Big Bend Marble QuarryLimestone, Dimension, Marble, DimensionPast Producer
Pinkston MineGold, Zinc, Barium-Barite, CopperPast ProducerBarite, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
PoeLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
RainbowGold, ChromiumOccurrenceChromite, Gold
SurceaseGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincUnknown
Surcease Bunker Hill and Treasure HillSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CopperProducer
Surcease MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony, IronPast ProducerAntimony, Bornite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrrhotite
Yankee HillClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Butte 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
Parkhill2.0 miles28
David (historical)2.1 miles28
Isaiah (historical)2.4 miles28
Deadwood2.8 miles29
Concow3.1 miles29
New Blinzing (historical)3.2 miles28
Big Bend3.2 miles28
Blinzing (historical)3.7 miles28

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 Q7207262The 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 1659409. 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.