Rock Creek Camp, California
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Feather River Canyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95915. It stands on Jackass Creek. The Survey maps it on the Storrie quadrangle. It stands 1,837 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1888 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 106 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
11 surveys from 25 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.
- 1888 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Pulga quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Storrie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Chico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Storrie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Rock Creek Camp between 1992 and 2019, burning about 156,116 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 2 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 | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Butte Unit | SUGARLOAF |
| 30 September 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Plumas National Forest | ROCK |
| 29 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | MOUNTAIN |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Unit | CRESTA-KNOB |
| 27 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | ROGERS |
| 27 September 1992 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Plumas National Forest | FOREBAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rock Creek Camp: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heney | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Canton Placer Mining Co. | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Stones Mine | Gold | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Crest | 0.0 miles | 25 | |
| Storrie | 0.7 miles | 25 | |
| Tobin | 0.9 miles | 25 | |
| Rock Creek | 2.6 miles | 25 | |
| Rodgers Flat | 3.0 miles | 25 | |
| Merlin | 3.8 miles | 25 | |
| Belden | 6.5 miles | 27 | |
| Palmetto | 7.1 miles | 24 |
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 Q7354366 | 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 1652969. 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.










