Rogerville, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Feather Falls census division. It stands on Big Winters Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clipper Mills quadrangle. It stands 3,445 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.


Compare 1888 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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
- 1948 USGS Clipper Mills quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Mooreville Ridge quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Clipper Mills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Chico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Clipper Mills quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Rogerville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 10,002 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 6 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Unit | GORDON |
| 8 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Plumas National Forest | JACK |
| 5 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SWAIN |
| 28 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Butte Unit | ISLAND |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Central California District | ABC MISC |
| 27 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | LOST |
| 27 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Butte Unit | SWAIN |
| 25 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Butte Unit | BRYANT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 63 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Rogerville: 30 occurrences, 17 past producers, 13 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Chromium, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mooretown Marble | Limestone, Dimension, Marble, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Pauline | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Quartz Hill | Nickel | Unknown | ||
| Quartz Hill Area | Nickel | Occurrence | 1957 | |
| Diamond Queen | Chromium | Past Producer | Chromite | |
| Dickey and Dreisbach Prospect | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| North Star | Chromium | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| North Star | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Bear Canyon | Manganese | Past Producer | 1916 | |
| Bear Canyon Mine | Manganese | Producer | Rhodonite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumpkin | 0.7 miles | 29 | |
| Feather Falls | 2.2 miles | 27 | |
| Wagners (historical) | 2.7 miles | 28 | |
| Camp Eighteen | 3.0 miles | 28 | |
| Nelsons Crossing | 3.6 miles | 28 | |
| Oroleve | 6.3 miles | 29 | |
| Clipper Mills | 6.4 miles | 29 | |
| Old Forbestown | 6.5 miles | 27 |
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 Q7359382 | 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 1656262. 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.











