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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.

Tunnel Inn within Shasta County

Then and now

1890 to 1998

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Tunnel Inn, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Tunnel Inn, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 30 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

496 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined157
Equipment and vehicle use110
Arson/incendiarism78
Debris and open burning42
Natural32
Recreation and ceremony31
Smoking20
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Fireworks3
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitASHBY
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitPLAINS
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitTRAIL #4
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBEAR
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitFAWNDALE #2
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBRIDGE
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresShasta-Trinity UnitWONDER
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitPOCO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 75 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black Diamond GroupCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Blue JacketGold, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Haley GroupSilver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Hirz MountainBarium-BariteUnknown
Kane and WilburCopper, Iron, NickelOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Minnie HaleyCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
OccurrenceSilicaOccurrence
ThompsonCopper, GoldOccurrenceChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Unnamed PropertyChromiumUnknown
Redding Cement PlantCalciumProducer

Every working recorded in Shasta County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2024FloodTunnel Inn-California Highway Patrol reported 1 foot of water across the roadway on Fawndale Road from heavy rain.
February 2019FloodTunnel Inn-Reported mud/dirt/rocks at Turntable Bay Rd.

Every storm recorded in Shasta 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
Bayha (historical)0.3 miles30
McColl0.3 miles30
Portal Inn0.7 miles30
Mountain Gate0.8 miles30
Lillienthal (historical)3.3 miles30
Project City (historical)3.5 miles30
Shasta Lake4.0 miles30
Central Valley (historical)4.0 miles30

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 Q27987132The 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.