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Quincy Junction, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Quincy census division. It stands on Greenhorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Quincy quadrangle. It stands 3,520 feet above sea level.

Quincy Junction within Plumas County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Quincy Junction, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Quincy Junction, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

278 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Quincy Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 509 acres in total. 76 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
Natural76
Missing data/not specified/undetermined69
Debris and open burning38
Equipment and vehicle use26
Arson/incendiarism16
Recreation and ceremony16
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Other causes8
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5

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 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePlumas National ForestBRANCH
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestMASSACK
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestROCK
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestROUND
3 September 2004Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestEMPIRE
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestFARN
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestTRESTLE
3 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestEAST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Quincy Junction: 13 unknowns, 12 occurrences, 11 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Manganese. 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
Collins Pine ManganeseIron, Manganese, SilicaOccurrence1952
Feather River Travertine Marble QryMarble, DimensionProducer
MohawkMolybdenumOccurrenceVein
Pacific Portland Cement CoStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Banner, Barrington and Crabtree DepositManganeseProducer
MeldickGold, SilverPast Producer
Missing LinkGold, SilverPast Producer
Rush CreekManganeseOccurrence
Feather River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
Cedar Mill1.9 miles29
East Quincy2.0 miles29
Silongkoyo (historical)3.1 miles29
Quincy3.2 miles29
Massack4.1 miles27
Keddie4.9 miles24
Argentine (historical)7.2 miles27
Paxton7.3 miles24

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 Q7272151The 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 1659450. 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.