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Walker, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Fort Jones census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96050. It stands on Little Humbug Creek. The Survey maps it on the McKinley Mountain quadrangle.

Walker within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 2001

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Walker, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Walker, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Walker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,734 acres in total. 108 started naturally. 4 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
Natural108
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestDOGGETT
28 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distribution1.8 acresKlamath National ForestDOGGETT
27 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreKlamath National ForestPOWERLINE
24 September 1998Smokingunder an acreKlamath National ForestEASY
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestGOOD ENOUGH
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestBARKHOUSE
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestMCKINNEY #2
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestFRUIT#1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 113 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 113 workings within 5 miles of Walker: 47 unknowns, 41 past producers, 21 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, Copper. 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
Barton and LangeMercuryUnknown
Quigley QuarryLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Reported LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Reported OccurrenceSilicaOccurrence
Truax QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Copper Queen ClaimCopperOccurrenceVein
Copper Queen ClaimCopperOccurrence
NormaGold, CopperPast Producer
TebboCopperOccurrenceVein
TebboCopperUnknown

Every working recorded in Siskiyou 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
Klamath River2.0 miles28
Oakbar5.3 miles28
Gottsville5.7 miles27
Swiss Bar7.0 miles27
Horse Creek8.4 miles28
Cinnabar Springs (historical)9.2 miles28
Hooperville (historical)10.4 miles30
Scott Bar10.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1682327. 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.