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Quinby, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Northwest Trinity census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95527. It stands on Quinby Creek. The Survey maps it on the Denny quadrangle.

Quinby within Trinity County

Then and now

1909 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Quinby, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Quinby, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Quinby between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,399 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 2 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
Natural39
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1

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 2000Natural1.0 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestJIM JAM
30 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestLONE PINE
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
22 September 2000Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestCHINA
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestMILLER
9 August 2017Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestHAYSHED
9 August 2013Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestBEARTOOTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Quinby: 23 past producers, 10 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite. 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
Index MineGarnetProspect
Last Chance ClaimManganeseOccurrence1941
New RiverLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
QuimbyGold, Copper, ArsenicPast Producer1902
AlwoodBarium-BariteProducer
AlwoodBarium-BaritePast Producer
ArchibaldCopperUnknown
ArchibaldCopperOccurrenceMalachite
Last ChanceCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite
Brown's BarGold, SilverPast Producer

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
Denny0.4 miles19
Hoboken5.4 miles19
Hawkins Bar9.2 miles19
Trinity Village9.3 miles19
Burnt Ranch10.9 miles19
Salyer11.4 miles19
Del Loma12.1 miles20
Big Bar15.9 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2556302. 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.