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Pumpkin Center, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Big Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96009. The Survey maps it on the Hog Valley quadrangle. It stands 4,134 feet above sea level.

Pumpkin Center within Lassen County

Then and now

1886 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pumpkin Center, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Pumpkin Center, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Pumpkin Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 897 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural15
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
3 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use146 acresLassen-Modoc UnitPUMKIN
27 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresLassen-Modoc Unitnot named
26 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresLassen-Modoc UnitMATCHES
23 September 2008Natural1.0 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestBALD
2 September 2013Natural2.5 acresLassen-Modoc Unit3-1
16 September 2001Naturalunder an acreLassen-Modoc UnitLTG 86
7 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresLassen-Modoc UnitHWY 299 / LOOKOUT RD
6 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protection3-4 DITCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lassen County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pumpkin Center: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cinder PitStoneOccurrence
Cinder PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Lassen 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
Bieber2.1 miles21
Nubieber4.2 miles21
Leonard4.4 miles21
Hot Springs4.4 miles21
Dixie12.0 miles26
Scotty Place12.4 miles22
Avila Place13.5 miles22
Hayden Hill14.1 miles21

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 Q7259841The 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 252771. 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.