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Reno Junction, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Honey Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96109. The Survey maps it on the Beckwourth Pass quadrangle. It stands 4,997 feet above sea level.

Reno Junction within Lassen County

Then and now

1890 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Reno Junction, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Reno Junction, surveyed 1890

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 26 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

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Reno Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 41,495 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 4 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
Natural56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use14
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,930 acresPlumas National ForestCEMETARY
27 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeJUNCTION
25 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePlumas National Forestnot named
17 September 1992Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeHALELUJAH4
13 September 2017Natural1.0 acresCarson City District OfficePOSLIN 2
8 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreCarson City District OfficeHOLT
6 August 2017Natural1,021 acresTahoe National ForestCHILCOOT
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSCOTT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lassen County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Reno Junction: 5 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Uranium, Copper, Gold. 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
Flying Dutchman MineCopper, GoldOccurrenceUnknown
Lassenite Industries, Inc.Cement RockOccurrence
Lassenite Pit & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Black Jack No. 1 & 2 & Daisy Mae?UraniumOccurrence
Unnamed LocationUraniumUnknown
Easter Sunday MineCopperProspect
Flying Dutchman MineCopper, GoldProspect
Hallelujah Placer ExtensionGoldUnknown
Hallelujah PlacersGoldUnknown
Hallelujah PropertyGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lassen 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
Chats (historical)1.9 miles26
Plumas2.6 miles26
Hallelujah Junction3.4 miles26
Scotts3.8 miles26
Constantia11.4 miles27
Omira12.1 miles27
Doyle16.3 miles21
Herlong Junction24.2 miles23

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 Q7313394The 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 1659499. 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.