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Swiss Bar, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Hornbrook-Hilt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96097. It lies near Deadman Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Badger Mountain quadrangle.

Swiss Bar within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 115 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Swiss Bar, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Swiss Bar, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Swiss Bar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,069 acres in total. 107 started naturally. 14 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
Natural107
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2019Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestEMPIRE
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestCHINA
5 September 2019Natural1,872 acresKlamath National ForestLIME
3 September 1992Natural2.0 acresKlamath National Forestnot named
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitANDERSON GRADE
24 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath National ForestHOUSE
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKlamath National ForestBAR
17 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresSiskiyou UnitSKU EMPIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 112 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 112 workings within 5 miles of Swiss Bar: 45 unknowns, 41 past producers, 20 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. 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
Chastain & BowenClayOccurrence
Cottonwood Creek AreaGemstoneOccurrence
Reported LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Reported OccurrencesStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Great NorthernMercuryUnknown
Great Northern MineMercuryPast Producer1905, 1919
Herzog - Morgan ClaimsMercuryPast ProducerCinnabar
Black CapChromiumPast Producer
BlantonChromiumOccurrence
MathersonChromiumOccurrence

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
Gottsville1.5 miles27
Klamath River5.9 miles28
Walker7.0 miles28
Jims Camp7.1 miles27
Henley8.4 miles27
Hawkinsville8.7 miles28
Hornbrook8.9 miles27
Yreka9.9 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1657688. 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.