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Scott Bar, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Happy Camp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96085. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Scott Bar quadrangle. It stands 1,729 feet above sea level.

Scott Bar within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1914 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Scott Bar, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Scott Bar, surveyed 1914

Compare 1914 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

101 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Scott Bar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,142 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 3 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
Natural74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestMARTIN
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
20 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
17 September 1993Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
16 September 1993Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
15 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution91 acresKlamath National ForestBAR
15 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath National ForestBAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 110 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 110 workings within 5 miles of Scott Bar: 51 unknowns, 33 past producers, 19 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Copper. 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
ColumbiaGold, Copper, LeadUnknown
Columbia GroupGold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer
GilfeatherGold, LeadPast Producer
Mat-A-PanGold, Manganese, LeadPast Producer
Quartz HillGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Quartz Hill MineGold, BismuthOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectGraphiteOccurrence
Crawfish GulchSilver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerGold
Lady Gray ClaimChromium, IronPast Producer1941, 1944
Mary Lou ClaimChromium, IronPast Producer1918

Every working recorded in Siskiyou County

Storms near this place

1 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scott Bar in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2001Thunderstorm WindScott 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
Steelhead3.0 miles18
Hamburg4.1 miles18
Horse Creek5.7 miles28
Oakbar7.5 miles28
Hooperville (historical)9.0 miles30
Walker10.8 miles28
Mugginsville11.9 miles29
Oro Fino12.0 miles29

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 Scott BarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7435948The 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 1659610. 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.