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Seiad Valley, California

19 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 96086. It stands on Seiad Creek. The Survey maps it on the Seiad Valley quadrangle. It stands 1,417 feet above sea level.

Seiad Valley 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 Seiad Valley, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Seiad Valley, surveyed 1914

Compare 1914 against another survey:

On record in Seiad Valley

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Seiad Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64,609 acres in total. 72 started naturally. 2 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
Natural72
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined8,857 acresKlamath National ForestDEVIL
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestCYPRESS
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestEAST
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestBLUE
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestSALT
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath National ForestGOFF
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
29 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKlamath National ForestEXCAVATOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 67 workings within 5 miles of Seiad Valley: 27 unknowns, 16 past producers, 15 occurrences, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Manganese, Chromium. 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
Reported OccurrenceTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
SeiadGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Seiad ValleyNickelOccurrence
Seiad ValleyChromium, NickelOccurrence
Boulder BarGold, SilverPast Producer
Gold BendGold, SilverPast Producer
Keystone BelleGold, SilverPast Producer
Livina & Billie MarieGold, SilverPast Producer
Portuguese FlatGold, SilverPast Producer
Barkhouse and Whiskey BoyChromiumOccurrence

Every working 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
Fort Goff3.7 miles18
Hamburg8.1 miles18
Steelhead9.2 miles18
Eileen9.6 miles19
Horse Creek10.4 miles28
Happy Camp10.4 miles18
Scott Bar12.1 miles18
Hoskin12.8 miles18

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 Seiad ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7446558The 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 232793. 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.