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Stringtown, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Weaverville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96091. It stands on Buckeye Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carrville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Stringtown within Trinity County

Then and now

1886 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stringtown (historical), surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Stringtown (historical), surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 33 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

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Stringtown (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 919 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 1 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
Natural56
Recreation and ceremony14
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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 2019Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestRANCH
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSWIFT
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestHATCHET
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestPREACHER
28 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined192 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestLITTLE
28 September 1996Smoking1.0 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestCOFFEE
25 September 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestMANZANITA
24 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestDOBBINS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 92 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 92 workings within 5 miles of Stringtown (historical): 38 past producers, 27 unknowns, 21 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Iron. 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
Copper CreekGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
DeweyGold, Copper, IronPast Producer1899
HeadlightGold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Manganese, LeadPast Producer1900
Headlight ConsolidatedChromiumPast Producer
Jones BrothersAsbestosOccurrence
New Blue Jay Mining Co.Gold, Copper, ManganesePast Producer1886
StrodeGold, ManganesePast Producer1888
UnnamedCopper, NickelUnknown
Copper QueenCopper, MercuryOccurrence
Copper Queen GroupCopper, Gold, MercuryPast ProducerChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Gold

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
Carrville1.6 miles33
Coffee Creek3.3 miles33
Trinity Center4.0 miles29
Coffee5.9 miles35
Bragdon (historical)10.4 miles29
Ridgeville13.3 miles27
Estrellita13.4 miles27
Minersville (historical)13.8 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1665439. 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.