Red Dog, California
36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Grass Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95945. It sits by Chalk Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Chicago Park quadrangle. It stands 2,615 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 2000The same ground, surveyed 109 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
14 surveys from 36 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 Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1938 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Chicago Park quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Chicago Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Chicago Park quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
391 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 391 fires within 5 miles of Red Dog between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,536 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 140 |
| Debris and open burning | 96 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 79 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | SECRET |
| 8 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | DUTCH |
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 1434 |
| 7 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Central California District | PENINSULA |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | ALTA |
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | FOREBAY |
| 5 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Central California District | GOLD RUN |
| 5 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | ROLLINS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 251 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 251 workings within 5 miles of Red Dog: 91 occurrences, 82 unknowns, 60 past producers, 18 producers. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banner and Central | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Tungsten | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Big Blue | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold | |
| Dutch Flat District | Gold, Platinum, Silver, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Indium | Past Producer | 1849 | |
| Federal Loan & Consols | Gold, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Lava Cap-Banner-Central Group | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1860 | |
| North Banner Co | Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver | Unknown | ||
| North Banner Cons. | Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Lead | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite | |
| Pacific Silica Greenhorn Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| Providence & Murchie Mines | Gold, Bismuth | Occurrence | ||
| Quaker Hill Gold Mining Corp | Aluminum | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| You Bet | 0.5 miles | 36 | |
| Hunts Hill (historical) | 1.7 miles | 36 | |
| Little York (historical) | 1.9 miles | 36 | |
| Quaker Hill (historical) | 3.2 miles | 33 | |
| Cascade Shores | 3.4 miles | 33 | |
| Deer Creek Park | 3.8 miles | 33 | |
| Buena Vista (historical) | 4.4 miles | 36 | |
| Scotts Flat | 4.7 miles | 33 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Red Dog | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7304043 | 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 265266. 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.













