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Rock Crest, 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 1,880 feet above sea level.

Rock Crest within Plumas County

Then and now

1888 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Rock Crest, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Rock Crest, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Rock Crest between 1992 and 2019, burning about 156,115 acres in total. 43 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
Natural43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreButte UnitSUGARLOAF
30 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresPlumas National ForestROCK
29 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestMOUNTAIN
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePlumas National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitCRESTA-KNOB
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestROGERS
27 September 1992Smoking1.0 acresPlumas National ForestFOREBAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rock Crest: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
HeneyGold, SilverPast Producer
Canton Placer Mining Co.GoldPast Producer
Stones MineGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
Rock Creek Camp0.0 miles25
Storrie0.7 miles25
Tobin0.9 miles25
Rock Creek2.5 miles25
Rodgers Flat3.0 miles25
Merlin3.8 miles25
Belden6.5 miles27
Palmetto7.1 miles24

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 Q7354397The 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 1666523. 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.