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.
Then and now
1922 to 1982The 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 sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1922 USGS Kneeland quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Iaqua Buttes quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Yager Junction quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hayfork quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1993Regional 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 use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | HOUSE |
| 29 August 1993 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | FULTON |
| 24 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | HOOKER # 2 |
| 23 June 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | KNEELAND |
| 20 June 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | 36 3 |
| 8 November 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | RED |
| 13 November 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | REDWOOD |
| 3 October 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 160 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | IAQUA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hansen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Red Knoll | Magnesite | Prospect | ||
| Fort Baker | Manganese, Chromium | Producer | Psilomelane | |
| Fort Baker | Manganese, Chromium | Prospect | ||
| Fort Baker Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1917, 1918 | |
| Red Knoll | Manganese | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Grove | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bridgeville | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lone Star Junction | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Riverside Park | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Holmes | 10.9 miles | 12 | |
| Shively | 11.2 miles | 12 | |
| Larabee | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pepperwood | 11.4 miles | 12 |
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.




