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Rodgers Flat, 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 Milk Ranch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Storrie quadrangle. It stands 2,096 feet above sea level.

Rodgers Flat 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 Rodgers Flat, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Rodgers Flat, 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Rodgers Flat between 1992 and 2019, burning about 181,984 acres in total. 31 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
Natural31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
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
30 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresPlumas National ForestROCK
3 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresPlumas National ForestPLEASANT
28 September 2007Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestLOMOND
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestROGERS
27 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePlumas National ForestLAKE
27 September 1992Smoking1.0 acresPlumas National ForestFOREBAY
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined248 acresPlumas National ForestTOBIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Rodgers Flat: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver, Lead. 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
Dew DropSilver, LeadOccurrence
Mordine and MoraineGold, Copper, SilverProducer
Feather RiverGold, SilverPast Producer
HeneyGold, SilverPast Producer
Mordine & MoraineGold, SilverOccurrence
Phillips BenchGold, SilverPast Producer
Sugar PineGold, SilverOccurrence
BeattyGoldPast Producer
Canton Placer Mining Co.GoldPast Producer
JumboGoldOccurrence

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
Tobin2.2 miles25
Rock Creek Camp3.0 miles25
Rock Crest3.0 miles25
Belden3.6 miles27
Storrie3.7 miles25
Haven4.3 miles27
Rock Creek5.6 miles25
Merlin6.8 miles25

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 Q7356747The 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 1666524. 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.