Sawyers Bar, California
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Etna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96027. It lies near Jessups Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Sawyers Bar quadrangle. It stands 2,247 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1948 to 2001The same ground, surveyed 53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Sawyers Bar
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Sawyers Bar Catholic Churchlisted 1978- White's Gulch Arrastralisted 1978
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Sawyers Bar quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Sawyers Bar quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Sawyers Bar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Hoopa quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Sawyers Bar quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Sawyers Bar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21,846 acres in total. 42 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | NEILON |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | THOMPSON |
| 30 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Klamath National Forest | KANAKA |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | BOULDER |
| 19 September 1994 | Natural | 7,015 acres | Klamath National Forest | SPECIMEN |
| 11 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Klamath National Forest | BLUE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 234 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 234 workings within 5 miles of Sawyers Bar: 117 past producers, 86 unknowns, 21 producers, 9 occurrences. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessops Gulch | Gold, Iridium, Osmium | Producer | 1855 | |
| Mountain Laurel Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Peterson Mine | Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Peterson Mine | Gold, PGE | Unknown | ||
| Reported Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Reported Occurrence | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Rollin School Deposit | Arsenic | Occurrence | ||
| Scott Bar Mines, Inc. | Gold, Zinc, Antimony, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Maryland Mining Co | Manganese | Prospect | 1942 | |
| Sawyers Bar | Manganese | Unknown | 1960 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sawyers Bar in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Sawyers Bar | - | See below. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bestville | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Black Bear | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Foster | 9.6 miles | 33 | |
| Cecilville | 10.8 miles | 18 | |
| Gilta (historical) | 12.5 miles | 14 | |
| Summerville | 14.1 miles | 18 | |
| Deacon Lee Place | 16.5 miles | 33 | |
| Etna | 16.6 miles | 33 |
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 Sawyers Bar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7428748 | 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 232631. 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.








