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Wigdon Place, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Hayfork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96046. It stands on Buckhorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hyampom Mountain quadrangle.

Wigdon Place within Trinity County

Then and now

1909 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wigdon Place, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Wigdon Place, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Wigdon Place between 1992 and 2019, burning about 31,731 acres in total. 63 started naturally. 16 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
Natural63
Arson/incendiarism16
Recreation and ceremony13
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestHYAMPOM
5 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestDUMP
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestPEAK
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestCORRAL
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestPATTISON
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestDIVIDE
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestMANDEL
29 September 2006Other causes1.0 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestTRAILER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Wigdon Place: 6 unknowns, 4 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Chromium, Gold. 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
MorrisGoldUnknown
Precious TwineGoldUnknown
UnnamedGoldUnknown
UnnamedGoldUnknown
EltapomChromiumUnknown
Eltapom OccurrenceChromiumPast ProducerChromite
Jeffery PineChromiumOccurrence
Jeffry Pine ClaimChromiumPast ProducerChromite
Stanton ChromeChromiumUnknown
Stanton Chrome, Stanton Chrome Extension ClaimsChromiumPast ProducerChromite

Every working recorded in Trinity 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
Hyampom4.0 miles19
Burnt Ranch9.3 miles19
Del Loma9.9 miles20
Big Bar11.8 miles20
McClellan Place13.2 miles16
Hawkins Bar13.8 miles19
Friend Place14.1 miles16
Trinity Village14.3 miles19

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 Q122598905The 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 1665458. 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.