Shumway, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Madeline Plains census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96130. It stands on Pine Creek. The Survey maps it on the West of Snowstorm Mountain quadrangle. It stands 5,079 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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 Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Honey Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Karlo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS West of Snowstorm Mtn quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Shumway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 711 acres in total. 37 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | R2 HANSEN |
| 14 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | HORSE |
| 8 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | HORSE |
| 8 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern California District | DECK |
| 23 August 2017 | Natural | 1.4 acres | Northern California District | R11 BIRTHDAY |
| 23 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | HORSEY |
| 23 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | ROAD |
| 23 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | BRANHAM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Lake | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Crest | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Ravendale | 9.7 miles | 20 | |
| Termo | 11.8 miles | 20 | |
| Stones Landing | 12.4 miles | 21 | |
| Karlo | 13.7 miles | 19 | |
| Moran | 14.1 miles | 21 | |
| The Crossing | 14.6 miles | 21 |
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 Q7505001 | 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 1659657. 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.










