Summertown, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Central Shasta census division. It lies near Table Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Manzanita Lake quadrangle.
Then and now
1886 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Summertown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Manzanita Lake Naturalist's Services Historic Districtlisted 2006 · 0.6 miles away
Loomis Vistor Center, Bldg. 43listed 1975 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 30 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 Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1935 USGS Burney quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Burney quadrangle1:96000
- 1939 USGS Burney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Manzanita Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Burney quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Manzanita Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Manzanita Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Summertown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lassen Volcanic National Park | LOST FIRE |
| 6 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lassen Volcanic National Park | BLUE FIRE |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen Volcanic National Park | CHAOS |
| 26 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | OREGAN #6 |
| 26 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen Volcanic National Park | OVERLOAD |
| 25 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | 17 |
| 22 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | ASHPAN |
| 21 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lassen Volcanic National Park | MANZANITA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Summertown: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manzanita Lake | 0.7 miles | 30 | |
| Viola | 6.1 miles | 29 | |
| Eastman Place | 9.0 miles | 29 | |
| Beal Place | 10.3 miles | 29 | |
| Bateman Place | 10.6 miles | 29 | |
| Old Station | 11.6 miles | 28 | |
| Whittington Place | 12.9 miles | 29 | |
| Shingletown | 17.4 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659914. 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.














