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Shake City, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Willits census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95490. It stands on McMullen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burbeck quadrangle. It stands 528 feet above sea level.

Shake City within Mendocino County

Then and now

1922 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shake City, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Shake City, surveyed 1922

Compare 1922 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

151 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Shake City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined48
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes1

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 acreMendocino UnitROAD
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMendocino UnitPOPPY 3
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitSPRING
5 September 2015Railroad operations and maintenance1.6 acresMendocino UnitSUMMIT
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino UnitPOND
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFANBLADE
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitPOPPY
30 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitSMITH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shake City: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Skagg's Springs DepositManganeseProducer

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
Burbeck1.3 miles15
Soda Springs1.8 miles15
Clare Mill2.3 miles15
Crowley2.7 miles15
Irmulco2.7 miles14
Brooktrails4.4 miles15
Northspur4.5 miles14
Sylvandale (historical)4.6 miles15

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 Shake CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7462604The 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 1659630. 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.