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Yager Junction, California

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fortuna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95549. It lies near Hansen Hill. The Survey maps it on the Yager Junction quadrangle.

Yager Junction within Humboldt County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Yager Junction, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Yager Junction, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

12 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Yager Junction between 1993 and 2018, burning about 201 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined24 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHOUSE
29 August 1993Smoking2.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFULTON
24 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHOOKER # 2
23 June 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitKNEELAND
20 June 2008Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte Unit36 3
8 November 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRED
13 November 2018Debris and open burning1.8 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionREDWOOD
3 October 2009Equipment and vehicle use160 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitIAQUA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Yager Junction: 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Chromium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite. 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
Hansen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Red KnollMagnesiteProspect
Fort BakerManganese, ChromiumProducerPsilomelane
Fort BakerManganese, ChromiumProspect
Fort Baker MineManganesePast Producer1917, 1918
Red KnollManganeseOccurrence

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
Maple Grove5.5 miles12
Bridgeville5.6 miles12
Lone Star Junction6.5 miles12
Riverside Park9.6 miles12
Holmes10.9 miles12
Shively11.2 miles12
Larabee11.3 miles12
Pepperwood11.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252840. 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.