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Pollock, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Sacramento Canyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96051. It stands on Gibson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lamoine quadrangle.

Pollock 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 Pollock, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Pollock, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 29 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

255 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Pollock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72,448 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 16 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
Equipment and vehicle use61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Natural28
Recreation and ceremony27
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism16
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Smoking12
Other causes5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks3

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 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestCOLD
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestGILMAN
7 September 2008Arson/incendiarism343 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestELMORE
7 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestANTLERS
6 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestDELTA
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestANTLER
6 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestAUSTIN
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined63,458 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestDELTA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Pollock: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver. 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
Gregory and WhalenCopperOccurrence
Gregory and WhalenCopperOccurrence
Grubstake Placer MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Slaughterhouse BarGold, SilverPast Producer
Delta ConsolidatedGoldUnknown
McKinnonGoldPast ProducerGold
McKinnonGoldUnknown
MccallGoldPast ProducerGold
MccallGoldOccurrence
PalmerGoldPast Producer

Every working 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
Lakehead0.9 miles29
Riverview1.0 miles29
Antlers1.7 miles28
Lakeshore2.5 miles29
Delta2.8 miles29
Vollmers3.4 miles29
Sugarloaf4.1 miles29
Lamoine4.9 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659418. 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.