Shasta Retreat, California
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Dunsmuir census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96025. It stands on Hedge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dunsmuir quadrangle.
Then and now
1886 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1886 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 31 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1894 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1935 USGS Dunsmuir quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Dunsmuir quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Mount Shasta quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Dunsmuir quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Dunsmuir quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
311 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 311 fires within 5 miles of Shasta Retreat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 186 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 91 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | LIGHTINING 20 |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | MOTT |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | MOTT #2 |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | MOTT #3 |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | MOTT #4 |
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | BIG |
| 6 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | SKI |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | RAILROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Shasta Retreat: 10 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Nickel, Gemstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coggins Mine | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1916 | |
| Griffin Onyx Marble Quarry | Marble, Dimension, Gemstone | Unknown | ||
| Hedge Creek Copper Prospect | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Reported Occurrence | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Sacramento River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Victoria Qtz. Prospect | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Victoria Quartz Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Dunsmuir | Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Dunsmuir | Nickel | Unknown | ||
| Reported Occurrences | Gemstone | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shasta Springs | 1.0 miles | 31 | |
| Mott | 1.7 miles | 30 | |
| Dunsmuir | 1.9 miles | 31 | |
| Cantara (historical) | 2.3 miles | 30 | |
| Azalea | 3.3 miles | 30 | |
| Pioneer | 4.4 miles | 30 | |
| Howard | 5.4 miles | 30 | |
| Signal Butte | 5.4 miles | 35 |
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 Q122596028 | The 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 1656288. 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.










