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.
Then and now
1890 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 26 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.
- 1890 USGS Sierraville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Sierraville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Sierraville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1950 USGS Chilcoot quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Beckwourth Pass quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Portola quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Beckwourth Pass quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,930 acres | Plumas National Forest | CEMETARY |
| 27 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carson City District Office | JUNCTION |
| 25 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | not named |
| 17 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | HALELUJAH4 |
| 13 September 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Carson City District Office | POSLIN 2 |
| 8 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Carson City District Office | HOLT |
| 6 August 2017 | Natural | 1,021 acres | Tahoe National Forest | CHILCOOT |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SCOTT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flying Dutchman Mine | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Lassenite Industries, Inc. | Cement Rock | Occurrence | ||
| Lassenite Pit & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Black Jack No. 1 & 2 & Daisy Mae? | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Easter Sunday Mine | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Flying Dutchman Mine | Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Hallelujah Placer Extension | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Hallelujah Placers | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Hallelujah Property | Gold | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chats (historical) | 1.9 miles | 26 | |
| Plumas | 2.6 miles | 26 | |
| Hallelujah Junction | 3.4 miles | 26 | |
| Scotts | 3.8 miles | 26 | |
| Constantia | 11.4 miles | 27 | |
| Omira | 12.1 miles | 27 | |
| Doyle | 16.3 miles | 21 | |
| Herlong Junction | 24.2 miles | 23 |
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 Q7313394 | 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 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.








