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Tsurau, California

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the North Coastal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95570. It sits by Little Head. The Survey maps it on the Trinidad quadrangle. It stands 174 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tsurau within Humboldt County

Then and now

1945 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 37 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tsurau (historical), surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Tsurau (historical), surveyed 1945

On record in Tsurau

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

8 surveys from 11 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

165 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Tsurau (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Debris and open burning26
Recreation and ceremony23
Equipment and vehicle use21
Arson/incendiarism15
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Fireworks1

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 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthern California DistrictWAGON
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNorthern California DistrictCOVE
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBEACH
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCLAM
7 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitQUARRY
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCOVE
5 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitOCEAN
4 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionOKEGA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Tsurau (historical): 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Platinum, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
A-21 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Little RiverGold, PlatinumOccurrence
Little RiverGold, PlatinumProducerBeach Placer
Trinidad QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
WaltherGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Trinidad0.0 miles11
Westhaven2.3 miles13
Moonstone2.7 miles13
Patricks Point4.5 miles11
Crannell4.5 miles13
Clam Beach4.8 miles21
Shumig (historical)5.3 miles11
Big Lagoon7.0 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Tsurau (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7850246The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1702470. 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.