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Scaath, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Klamath census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95548. It stands on Scaath Creek. The Survey maps it on the Klamath Glen quadrangle. It stands 79 feet above sea level.

Scaath within Del Norte County

Then and now

1922 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Scaath, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Scaath, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Scaath between 1992 and 2019, burning about 63 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism30
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Natural12
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitDOWD
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitRIFFLE
30 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitDEL PONTE
22 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitSTARWEIN
21 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitKLAMATH
20 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitKLAMATH
20 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitGLEN
19 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitGLEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Del Norte County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Scaath: 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Red Mountain, Red Mtn. Meadow, South Red MtnNickelOccurrence1952
Big Red Mountain Chrome MinesChromiumPast ProducerChromite
Red Mtn. GroupChromiumUnknown
Big FlatGoldOccurrence
Klamath River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Reported OccurrencesGoldOccurrence
Reported OccurrencesGoldOccurrence
Tuwar Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Waukell Flat BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Del Norte 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
Klamath Glen1.3 miles20
Waukell Flat (historical)2.5 miles16
Hoppaw3.3 miles16
Klamath3.7 miles16
Camp Klamath4.6 miles16
Rekwoi (historical)4.7 miles16
Requa5.6 miles16
Khwunrghunme (historical)5.9 miles16

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 ScaathAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7429557The 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 1657345. 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.