Sherman, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Redding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96003. It lies near Bear Valley. The Survey maps it on the Bella Vista quadrangle.
Then and now
1890 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1890 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 29 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.
- 1890 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1901 USGS Redding quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Millville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1965 USGS Bella Vista quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Redding quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Bella Vista quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
453 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 453 fires within 5 miles of Sherman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40,027 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 77 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/undetermined | 120 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 102 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 77 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 48 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| 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 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | PLAINS |
| 8 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | JONES VALLEY |
| 8 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | RIVER |
| 8 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | TRAIL #4 |
| 7 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BEAR |
| 7 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | JONES VALLEY CAMPGROUND 3 |
| 5 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | INLET |
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | FAWNDALE #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 66 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 66 workings within 5 miles of Sherman: 24 occurrences, 17 past producers, 10 producers, 10 unknowns. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Iron, Manganese, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arps Group | Copper, Gold, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Baxter Winthrop | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Blue Jacket | Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Brushy Canyon Group | Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Kane and Wilbur | Copper, Iron, Nickel | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Thompson | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Unnamed Property | Chromium | Unknown | ||
| Culeyeran Cement Div of Redding | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Fawndale Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| H C Austin | Barium-Barite | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lillienthal (historical) | 3.5 miles | 30 | |
| Portal Inn | 4.4 miles | 30 | |
| Bayha (historical) | 4.4 miles | 30 | |
| Tunnel Inn | 4.5 miles | 30 | |
| Calkins (historical) | 4.5 miles | 29 | |
| Ydaloom (historical) | 4.6 miles | 27 | |
| McColl | 4.7 miles | 30 | |
| Mountain Gate | 4.8 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1682521. 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.







