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Wright Place, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Willow Creek-Hoopa Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95556. It stands on Serpentine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fish Lake quadrangle.

Wright Place within Humboldt County

Then and now

1925 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wright Place, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Wright Place, surveyed 1925

Compare 1925 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Wright Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 852 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 63 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
Arson/incendiarism63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Natural19
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestRED
6 September 2003Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCAPPELLE
5 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresSix Rivers National ForestALLEN
4 September 1992Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSix Rivers National Forestnot named
30 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBEE
30 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte Unit3RD
30 September 2005Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresSix Rivers National ForestBURRILL
30 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSix Rivers National ForestBURRILL 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Wright Place: 14 occurrences, 8 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Platinum. 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
Bluff Creek LodeGold, Copper, Iron, SilverOccurrence
Allen MineGold, PlatinumPast ProducerStream Placer
Allen MineGold, PlatinumOccurrence
Golden CornucopiaGold, SilverPast Producer
JungleGold, SilverPast Producer
Slide HillGold, SilverPast Producer
Big Rock Chrome ClaimChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Big Rock Chrome ClaimChromiumProspect
Burrill PeakChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Burrill PeakChromiumProspect

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Opegoi (historical)4.0 miles16
Dyer Place (historical)4.8 miles16
Waseck5.9 miles17
Martins Ferry (historical)6.3 miles17
Weitchpec6.4 miles16
Pekwuteu (historical)6.5 miles16
Ertlerger (historical)6.6 miles16
Orleans7.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656413. 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.