Tunnel Inn, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Redding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96003. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the City of Shasta Lake quadrangle. It stands 925 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1890 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1890 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 30 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.
- 1890 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1901 USGS Redding quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1944 USGS Redding quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Redding quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Project City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Redding quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS City of Shasta Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
496 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 496 fires within 5 miles of Tunnel Inn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,662 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 78 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/undetermined | 157 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 110 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Natural | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 31 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | ASHBY |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | PLAINS |
| 8 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | TRAIL #4 |
| 7 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BEAR |
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | FAWNDALE #2 |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BRIDGE |
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | WONDER |
| 4 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | POCO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 75 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 75 workings within 5 miles of Tunnel Inn: 25 occurrences, 19 past producers, 13 producers, 12 unknowns. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Iron, Gold, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Diamond Group | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Blue Jacket | Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Haley Group | Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Hirz Mountain | Barium-Barite | Unknown | ||
| Kane and Wilbur | Copper, Iron, Nickel | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Minnie Haley | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Occurrence | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Thompson | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Unnamed Property | Chromium | Unknown | ||
| Redding Cement Plant | Calcium | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tunnel Inn in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | Flood | Tunnel Inn | - | California Highway Patrol reported 1 foot of water across the roadway on Fawndale Road from heavy rain. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Tunnel Inn | - | Reported mud/dirt/rocks at Turntable Bay Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayha (historical) | 0.3 miles | 30 | |
| McColl | 0.3 miles | 30 | |
| Portal Inn | 0.7 miles | 30 | |
| Mountain Gate | 0.8 miles | 30 | |
| Lillienthal (historical) | 3.3 miles | 30 | |
| Project City (historical) | 3.5 miles | 30 | |
| Shasta Lake | 4.0 miles | 30 | |
| Central Valley (historical) | 4.0 miles | 30 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q27987132 | The 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 1660042. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








