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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.

Sawyers Bar within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1948 to 2001

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Sawyers Bar, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Sawyers Bar, surveyed 1948

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

61 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning2
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestNEILON
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestTHOMPSON
30 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresKlamath National ForestKANAKA
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKlamath National ForestBOULDER
19 September 1994Natural7,015 acresKlamath National ForestSPECIMEN
11 September 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKlamath National ForestBLUE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 234 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jessops GulchGold, Iridium, OsmiumProducer1855
Mountain Laurel MineGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Peterson MineGold, Platinum, Osmium, IridiumProducerStream Placer
Peterson MineGold, PGEUnknown
Reported OccurrenceCopperOccurrence
Reported OccurrenceGemstoneOccurrence
Rollin School DepositArsenicOccurrence
Scott Bar Mines, Inc.Gold, Zinc, Antimony, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Maryland Mining CoManganeseProspect1942
Sawyers BarManganeseUnknown1960

Every working recorded in Siskiyou County

Storms near this place

1 since 2001

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2001Flash FloodSawyers Bar-See below.

Every storm recorded in Siskiyou 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
Bestville0.7 miles15
Black Bear4.6 miles18
Foster9.6 miles33
Cecilville10.8 miles18
Gilta (historical)12.5 miles14
Summerville14.1 miles18
Deacon Lee Place16.5 miles33
Etna16.6 miles33

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 BarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7428748The 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.