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Smith, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Central Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96062. The Survey maps it on the Clough Gulch quadrangle.

Smith within Shasta County

Then and now

1890 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Smith, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Smith, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 25 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Smith between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,947 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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
Equipment and vehicle use32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning9
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
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
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitOAK
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitOAK 2
8 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitMILL
8 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitGARBE
7 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitWHITMORE
7 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined250 acresShasta-Trinity UnitFERN
5 September 1994Arson/incendiarism1,200 acresShasta-Trinity UnitOAK RUN
4 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use150 acresShasta-Trinity UnitCREEK 6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Smith: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury. 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
Clover Creek MineMercuryOccurrence1898

Every working recorded in Shasta 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
Pawnee1.2 miles25
Wagoner3.0 miles25
Wilkinson3.2 miles26
Ellis (historical)3.3 miles25
Henryford (historical)4.9 miles26
Oak Run5.8 miles26
Redwoods6.3 miles28
Millville7.5 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1682522. 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.