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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.

Summertown within Shasta County

Then and now

1886 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Summertown, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Summertown, surveyed 1886

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 30 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

68 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural22
Recreation and ceremony16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLassen Volcanic National ParkLOST FIRE
6 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLassen Volcanic National ParkBLUE FIRE
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreLassen Volcanic National ParkCHAOS
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitOREGAN #6
26 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLassen Volcanic National ParkOVERLOAD
25 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLassen National Forest17
22 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLassen National ForestASHPAN
21 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLassen Volcanic National ParkMANZANITA

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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

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
Manzanita Lake0.7 miles30
Viola6.1 miles29
Eastman Place9.0 miles29
Beal Place10.3 miles29
Bateman Place10.6 miles29
Old Station11.6 miles28
Whittington Place12.9 miles29
Shingletown17.4 miles25

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.