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Post Mountain, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Hayfork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96041. It lies near Road Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Dubakella Mountain quadrangle.

Post Mountain within Trinity County

Then and now

1931 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Post Mountain, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Post Mountain, surveyed 1931

Compare 1931 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

202 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Post Mountain between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,894 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 39 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
Natural62
Debris and open burning49
Arson/incendiarism39
Equipment and vehicle use13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony9
Other causes6
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestDUBAKELLA
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestRAIL
4 September 1992Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
30 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestJUAREZ
3 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestPHILPOT
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestRATTLESNAKE
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestRIDGE
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestDOLPHIN 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 59 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Post Mountain: 26 occurrences, 19 past producers, 11 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Manganese, Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium. 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
Manganese Queen MineSilica, Calcium, ManganesePast Producer1937, 1942
UnnamedGoldUnknown
Western Chrome Nos. 1, 3, 4Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, RhodiumOccurrenceChromite
LambertCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite
LambertCopperProspect
Big BuckManganeseOccurrenceBementite
Big BuckManganeseProspect1941
Claim 23ManganeseOccurrence
Claim 23ManganeseProspect1941
Dry Lake ProspectManganeseOccurrence

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
Peanut4.2 miles16
Forest Glen6.4 miles17
Friend Place8.7 miles16
Murphy Place8.9 miles15
Wildwood9.0 miles16
Hayfork9.3 miles22
Graham Place9.8 miles16
Norgaar (historical)9.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2804564. 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.