Requa, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Klamath census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95548. It stands on Salt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Requa quadrangle. It stands 125 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1929 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1929 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1929 USGS Crescent City quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Requa quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Klamath quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Crescent City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Requa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Crescent City quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Requa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
193 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Requa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | DOWD |
| 8 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Redwood National and State Parks | WILSON |
| 7 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Redwood National and State Parks | FALSE |
| 5 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Redwood National and State Parks | LAGOON CREEK |
| 5 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Redwood National and State Parks | LAGOON CREEK #2 |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Redwood National and State Parks | LABOR 2 |
| 5 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | RIFFLE |
| 4 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Redwood National and State Parks | LABOR1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Requa: 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Klamath River Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tuwar Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Waukell Flat Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rekwoi (historical) | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Camp Klamath | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Khwunrghunme (historical) | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Klamath | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Hoppaw | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Waukell Flat (historical) | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| False Klamath | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Klamath Glen | 4.5 miles | 20 |
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 Requa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7314778 | 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 1659500. 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.









