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Wengler, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Central Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96065. It stands on Browns Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roaring Creek quadrangle.

Wengler within Shasta County

Then and now

1886 to 1998

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Wengler, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Wengler, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 29 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Wengler between 1992 and 2020, burning about 157 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use20
Debris and open burning19
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
9 September 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitBIG BEND RD MONTGOMERYCK
8 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitCOVE RD / BIG BEND RD
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitBIG
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestBUCK
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitMUD
26 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresNorthern California DistrictBISHOP
25 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionWEBSTER
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitLIGHTNING #32

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wengler: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Barium-Barite. 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
Carroll Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Exposed TreasureManganese, Barium-BariteOccurrence

Every working 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
Hillcrest3.5 miles31
Montgomery Creek5.1 miles31
Big Bend7.4 miles25
Round Mountain8.5 miles31
Kelly (historical)10.5 miles26
Burney13.3 miles28
Furnaceville (historical)14.4 miles26
Johnson Park14.9 miles28

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 Q122572855The 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 268856. 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.