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Yellowjacket Place, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mad River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95595. It stands on Tub Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shannon Butte quadrangle.

Yellowjacket Place within Trinity County

Then and now

1921 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Yellowjacket Place, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Yellowjacket Place, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Yellowjacket Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,220 acres in total. 31 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
Natural31
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
4 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestSECRET
3 September 2003Natural1.5 acresSix Rivers National ForestRUSS
3 September 2003Natural1.5 acresSix Rivers National ForestLUCKY
23 September 2011Debris and open burning1,460 acresSix Rivers National ForestRUTH
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named
18 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestBLAIR
14 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestRUTH 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Yellowjacket Place: 5 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold, Silica, Manganese, Calcium, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Silica. 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
Armstrong No. 2 MineCalcium, Copper, Iron, Manganese, SilicaPast Producer1941, 1954
Barry Creek MineIron, Manganese, SilicaPast Producer1941, 1943
Albia Placer ClaimsGoldPast Producer
Double A.MineSilica, ManganesePast Producer1942, 1944
Lucky Sunday MineSilica, ManganesePast Producer1941, 1943
UnnamedGoldUnknown
Armstrong No. 1 ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Armstrong No. 2 ProspectManganeseOccurrenceHausmannite, Rhodochrosite
Armstrong No. 3 ProspectManganeseOccurrenceRhodochrosite
Armstrong No. 3 ProspectManganeseProspect

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
Crabtree Place1.8 miles17
Shannon Place2.3 miles17
Russ Place2.9 miles17
Willie Hoaglin Place3.9 miles17
Bob Hoaglin Place5.2 miles17
Robbers Roost6.6 miles18
Ruth6.9 miles17
Kettenpom7.3 miles18

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 Q122550184The 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 1660212. 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.