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.
Then and now
1891 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Downieville quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Downieville quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Downieville quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Downieville quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Downieville quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Portola quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
278 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 76 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 69 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | BRANCH |
| 5 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | MASSACK |
| 5 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | ROCK |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | ROUND |
| 3 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | EMPIRE |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | FARN |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | TRESTLE |
| 3 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | EAST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 48 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collins Pine Manganese | Iron, Manganese, Silica | Occurrence | 1952 | |
| Feather River Travertine Marble Qry | Marble, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Mohawk | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Pacific Portland Cement Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Banner, Barrington and Crabtree Deposit | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Meldick | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Missing Link | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Rush Creek | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Feather River Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Mill | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| East Quincy | 2.0 miles | 29 | |
| Silongkoyo (historical) | 3.1 miles | 29 | |
| Quincy | 3.2 miles | 29 | |
| Massack | 4.1 miles | 27 | |
| Keddie | 4.9 miles | 24 | |
| Argentine (historical) | 7.2 miles | 27 | |
| Paxton | 7.3 miles | 24 |
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 Q7272151 | The 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.











