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Shumig, California

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the North Coastal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95570. It stands on Penn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trinidad OE N quadrangle. It stands 236 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Shumig within Humboldt County

Then and now

1945 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 37 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shumig (historical), surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Shumig (historical), surveyed 1945

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Shumig (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 31 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony15
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Natural1

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
9 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitVIBE
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNorthern California DistrictCOVE
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCOVE
5 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitOCEAN
3 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLAGOON
25 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthern California DistrictELK
23 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthern California DistrictHIGHWAY
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3444

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Shumig (historical): 5 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Platinum. 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
Big Lagoon Mining Co.Gold, PlatinumProducer1855
Dry Lagoon DriveClayOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownStoneOccurrence
Pitcher Sone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Trinidad QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Big LagoonGoldPast Producer
Reported OccurrenceGoldOccurrence
Reported OccurrencesGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Patricks Point0.9 miles11
Big Lagoon2.0 miles11
Tsurau (historical)5.3 miles11
Trinidad5.3 miles11
Westhaven7.2 miles13
Moonstone7.6 miles13
Crannell9.3 miles13
Clam Beach10.0 miles21

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 Shumig (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7504983The 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 1681934. 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.