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Shasta Springs, 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.

Shasta Springs within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 1998

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Shasta Springs, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Shasta Springs, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 31 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

327 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 327 fires within 5 miles of Shasta Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 195 acres in total. 31 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 maintenance91
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Recreation and ceremony38
Debris and open burning37
Natural31
Equipment and vehicle use27
Arson/incendiarism21
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
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 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTINING 20
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT #2
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT #3
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT #4
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestBIG
6 September 2016Smokingunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSKI
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitHIGHWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Shasta Springs: 10 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Coggins MineChromium, IronPast Producer1916
Griffin Onyx Marble QuarryMarble, Dimension, GemstoneUnknown
Hedge Creek Copper ProspectCopperPast Producer
Reported OccurrenceTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Victoria Qtz. ProspectGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Victoria Quartz MineGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
DunsmuirNickelOccurrence
DunsmuirNickelUnknown
Reported OccurrencesGemstoneOccurrence
Hearst PropertyChromiumPast ProducerChromite

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
Shasta Retreat1.0 miles31
Mott1.2 miles30
Cantara (historical)2.0 miles30
Dunsmuir2.7 miles31
Azalea3.1 miles30
Pioneer4.1 miles30
Signal Butte4.5 miles35
Howard4.6 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 266053. 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.