Weaverville, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Weaverville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96093. It lies near Ten Cent Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Weaverville quadrangle. 3,667 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,051 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:
On record in Weaverville
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 1 record
- Weaverville Historic Districtlisted 1971
Population over time
2 figuresWeaverville grew from 3,600 to 3,667 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,600 | |
| 2020 | 3,667 | +67 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 26 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
- 1913 USGS Weaverville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Weaverville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Weaverville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS Weaverville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Redding quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Weaverville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
185 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Weaverville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,176 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 10 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 | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Other causes | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | E WEAVER CREEK RD WEAVER |
| 9 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | LIGHTNING 36 |
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Northern California District | BROWNS |
| 4 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | GARDEN 3 |
| 30 September 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | SHU LITTLE |
| 29 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | TUCKER |
| 28 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | BROWNS |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | LIGHTNING #84 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 100 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 100 workings within 5 miles of Weaverville: 49 past producers, 34 unknowns, 11 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Mountain Soapstone | Talc-Soapstone | Unknown | ||
| June | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | ||
| Limekiln Gulch | Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Arsenic | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed | Tin | Occurrence | ||
| Democrat Group | Gold, Lead, Arsenic | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Gifford Mine | Gold, Lead, Arsenic | Past Producer | Galena, Gold | |
| Lowden | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Lowden | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Arbuckle Bros | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weaverville in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 1 wildfire, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Wildfire | Weaverville | $3,500,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weaverville | $30,000 | Thunderstorm wind damage 3 miles south of Weaverville. Roads were blocked due to tree damage. Power was out as well. Measured gust from RAWS station was 43 mph. City property was also damaged due to wind driven hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucktail | 5.2 miles | 27 | |
| Douglas City | 5.4 miles | 26 | |
| Junction City | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Lewiston | 7.3 miles | 27 | |
| Trinity Alps | 9.1 miles | 26 | |
| Pinewood Cove | 9.4 miles | 27 | |
| Cedar Stock | 9.9 miles | 27 | |
| Helena | 10.3 miles | 20 |
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 Weaverville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3027750 | 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 1652649. 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.








