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Snowden, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Montague census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96064. The Survey maps it on the Bogus Mountain quadrangle.

Snowden within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Snowden, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Snowden, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 29 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Snowden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,304 acres in total. 21 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
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use20 acresSiskiyou UnitC00LEY
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitAGER
29 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSiskiyou UnitSHELLEY
26 September 2007Debris and open burning15 acresSiskiyou UnitAGER
17 September 2005Debris and open burning746 acresSiskiyou UnitLICHENS
12 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitCOLLEEN
7 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use124 acresSiskiyou Unit5TH
5 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPARADISE. 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Snowden: 8 occurrences, 6 producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Gold, Gemstone. 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
A H DenneyClayOccurrence
Unnamed LocationsChromiumOccurrence
C B KayGemstoneOccurrence
HornbrookGemstoneOccurrence
Brass WireGoldProducer
Brass WireGoldPast Producer
Dozier DepositManganeseOccurrence
Dozier ProspectManganeseProspect1918
Dozier ProspectsManganeseOccurrence
Paradise MineManganeseUnknown

Every working recorded in Siskiyou 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
Logan3.0 miles29
Ager5.1 miles29
Montague5.2 miles28
Jims Camp6.4 miles27
Little Shasta7.2 miles29
Hawkinsville8.0 miles28
Henley8.8 miles27
Hornbrook9.1 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659805. 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.