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Summerville, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Etna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96031. It lies near Boardtree Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Thompson Peak quadrangle.

Summerville within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1948 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Summerville, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Summerville, surveyed 1948

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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 Summerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,402 acres in total. 59 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
Natural59
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism1

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 1998Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestSTAGE
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestPACKERS
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestAULT
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
14 September 2011Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestHENRYS
13 September 2011Natural9.0 acresKlamath National ForestPOINT
13 September 2011Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestPETERSBURG
13 September 2011Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestSOUTH TAYLOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Summerville: 22 unknowns, 12 past producers, 10 occurrences, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Chromium. 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
High Spot No. 1QuartzProspect
Big Bend ProspectCopperOccurrence
Black Crow and Black HawkChromiumPast Producer
Black HawkChromiumProspect
Mary LouChromiumOccurrence
Reported OccurrenceCopperOccurrence
Seiad ProspectCopperOccurrence
Big FirGold, SilverPast Producer
Gigalo,Dollar,MaydayGold, SilverUnknown1935
Hookam CowGold, SilverPast Producer

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
Cecilville4.8 miles18
Black Bear11.4 miles18
Foster12.2 miles33
Sawyers Bar14.1 miles15
Bestville14.5 miles15
Gilta (historical)15.2 miles14
Callahan20.3 miles33
Etna26.4 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659915. 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.