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Shannon Place, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mad River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95595. It stands on Cox Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shannon Butte quadrangle.

Shannon Place within Trinity County

Then and now

1921 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shannon Place, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Shannon Place, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Shannon Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,751 acres in total. 20 started naturally. None was 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
Natural20
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named
3 September 2003Natural1.5 acresSix Rivers National ForestRUSS
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named
1 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use16 acresSix Rivers National ForestARMSTRONG
9 August 2013Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestYELLOWJACKET
9 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitKETTONPOM
8 August 2017Natural3,137 acresSix Rivers National ForestWILLIE
8 August 2017Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestHOAGIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Shannon Place: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold, Calcium, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Silica. 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
Albia Placer ClaimsGoldPast Producer
Armstrong No. 2 MineCalcium, Copper, Iron, Manganese, SilicaPast Producer1941, 1954
Armstrong No. 1 ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Armstrong No. 2 ProspectManganeseOccurrenceHausmannite, Rhodochrosite
Armstrong No. 3 ProspectManganeseOccurrenceRhodochrosite
Armstrong No. 3 ProspectManganeseProspect

Every working recorded in Trinity 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
Crabtree Place0.6 miles17
Yellowjacket Place2.3 miles17
Willie Hoaglin Place3.1 miles17
Robbers Roost4.4 miles18
Russ Place4.5 miles17
Bob Hoaglin Place4.5 miles17
Kettenpom5.2 miles18
Zenia7.7 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.

Wikidata item Q122542581The 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 1659631. 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.