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Salyer, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Northwest Trinity census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95563. It stands on Sharber Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salyer quadrangle. 389 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 620 feet above sea level.

Salyer within Trinity County

Then and now

1915 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Salyer, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Salyer, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

252 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Salyer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 497 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 50 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Arson/incendiarism50
Debris and open burning39
Recreation and ceremony29
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use16
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Fireworks8
Smoking6
Other causes5
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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
8 September 2017Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestMORTON
8 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestGRAYS
8 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestCINNABAR
8 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestKATY
4 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestWILLOW
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSix Rivers National ForestSTORAGE
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestTANK
30 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestODEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Salyer: 15 unknowns, 12 past producers, 10 producers, 4 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Platinum, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Ammon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hammer PropertyGold, Platinum, Osmium, IridiumProducerStream Placer
HendersonGold, PGEUnknown
Koon RanchGold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Iron, Rhodium, Nickel, Copper, Ruthenium, PalladiumProducerStream Placer
Macintosh MineGold, Osmium, Ruthenium, Palladium, Rhodium, IridiumProducerStream Placer
Macintosh MineOsmium, Ruthenium, Gold, Iridium, RhodiumUnknown
Salyer Pit & MillSilicaProducer
White Rock Limestone DepositLimestone, DimensionProspect
McKnight BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Trinity County

Storms near this place

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salyer in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2022Heavy RainSalyer-Rocks and debris across HWY 299 near Hawkins Bar due to heavy rainfall.
July 2001HailSalyer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trinity 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
Trinity Village3.1 miles19
Hawkins Bar3.5 miles19
Hoboken8.0 miles19
Burnt Ranch8.1 miles19
Denny11.1 miles19
Quinby11.4 miles19
Del Loma15.4 miles20
Wigdon Place16.2 miles19

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 SalyerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14683850The 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 232346. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.