Upton, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Mount Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96067. It lies near Kaiser Meadow. The Survey maps it on the City of Mount Shasta quadrangle.
Then and now
1886 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 112 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
11 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.
- 1886 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1894 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1935 USGS Dunsmuir quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Weed quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Mount Shasta quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS City of Mount Shasta quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS City of Mount Shasta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
456 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 456 fires within 5 miles of Upton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 50 started naturally. 36 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 | 100 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 91 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 63 |
| Natural | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | HILL |
| 6 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | MEMORIAL |
| 6 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | SHORE |
| 5 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | ARCHERY |
| 5 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | SPRING |
| 5 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | WOODLAND |
| 4 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | NORTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Upton: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurrance | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Rainbow Group | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Chute Gulch | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Coute Gulch | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Black Butte Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Black Butte Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Don Clifton Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mt Shasta Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mt. Shasta Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deetz | 2.2 miles | 30 | |
| Mount Shasta | 2.9 miles | 30 | |
| Black Butte | 3.6 miles | 31 | |
| Hammond Ranch | 3.9 miles | 30 | |
| Pioneer | 3.9 miles | 30 | |
| Howard | 4.2 miles | 30 | |
| Igerna | 4.5 miles | 31 | |
| Azalea | 5.0 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 268649. 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.










