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.
Then and now
1886 to 2001The 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.


Compare 1886 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 27 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 Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1894 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1932 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:96000
- 1939 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Hornbrook quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Badger Mtn. quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Badger Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
152 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 107 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | EMPIRE |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | CHINA |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | 1,872 acres | Klamath National Forest | LIME |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Klamath National Forest | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | ANDERSON GRADE |
| 24 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | HOUSE |
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | BAR |
| 17 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Siskiyou Unit | SKU EMPIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 112 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chastain & Bowen | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Cottonwood Creek Area | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Reported Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Reported Occurrences | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Great Northern | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Great Northern Mine | Mercury | Past Producer | 1905, 1919 | |
| Herzog - Morgan Claims | Mercury | Past Producer | Cinnabar | |
| Black Cap | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Blanton | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Matherson | Chromium | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gottsville | 1.5 miles | 27 | |
| Klamath River | 5.9 miles | 28 | |
| Walker | 7.0 miles | 28 | |
| Jims Camp | 7.1 miles | 27 | |
| Henley | 8.4 miles | 27 | |
| Hawkinsville | 8.7 miles | 28 | |
| Hornbrook | 8.9 miles | 27 | |
| Yreka | 9.9 miles | 30 |
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.











