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Redcrest, California

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Garberville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95569. It lies near Chadd Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Redcrest quadrangle. 61 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 377 feet above sea level.

Redcrest within Humboldt County

Then and now

1921 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Redcrest, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Redcrest, surveyed 1921

Population over time

2 figures

Redcrest fell from 89 to 61 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201089
202061-28 (-31%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Redcrest between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,558 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined49
Equipment and vehicle use23
Debris and open burning19
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
7 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitDYERVILLE
30 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFOUNDERS
3 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionTHORTON
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitWEBER CREEK
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitREDCREST 3
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMT. BALDY
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitREDCREST 2
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitREDCREST 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Redcrest: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Eel River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Englewood0.6 miles12
Larabee1.2 miles12
Holmes1.3 miles12
Shively2.3 miles12
Dyerville (historical)3.4 miles12
Pepperwood3.9 miles12
Elinor (historical)4.9 miles12
Bull Creek6.0 miles13

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 RedcrestAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6645045The 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 1659487. 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.