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Sids Place, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Mad River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95552. It stands on Cherry Glade Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sportshaven quadrangle.

Sids Place within Trinity County

Then and now

1918 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sids Place, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Sids Place, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Sids Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27,226 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 12 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
Natural31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Debris and open burning18
Recreation and ceremony14
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking6
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestCROOK
5 September 1999Smokingunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestKLONDIKE
4 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestDUZEN
28 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestSUMMIT
24 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSPROUT
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestMICK
22 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use73 acresSix Rivers National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Sids Place: 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Manganese, Copper, Manganese, Silica. 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
FederalChromiumPast Producer
Hale Creek MineManganeseProducerBementite, Hausmannite, Rhodochrosite
Hale Creek MineCopper, Manganese, SilicaPast Producer1941
Little KlondykeGold, SilverPast Producer
Big Creek PlacerGoldUnknown
KlondikeGoldUnknown
Sulphur SpringsGoldProspect
Black PalangusCopperOccurrence
Black PalangusCopperUnknown
Copper Queen GroupCopperProspect

Every working recorded in Trinity 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
Norgaar (historical)2.6 miles16
Graham Place2.6 miles16
Miller Place3.5 miles16
Mad River3.6 miles13
McClellan Place5.1 miles16
Friend Place6.7 miles16
Forest Glen7.6 miles17
Ueland Place8.0 miles18

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 Q122567647The 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 1665696. 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.