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Yontocket, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Crescent City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95531. It stands on Tryon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Smith River quadrangle. It stands 30 feet above sea level.

Yontocket within Del Norte County

Then and now

1929 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Yontocket, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Yontocket, surveyed 1929

Compare 1929 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Yontocket between 1992 and 2019, burning about 336 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Equipment and vehicle use19
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism15
Recreation and ceremony14
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking3

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
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitSMITH
7 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitOCEAN
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHADDAD #1
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHADDAD #3
4 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitPACIFIC
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresRedwood National and State ParksPACIFIC
3 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitPELICAN
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitKELLOGG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Del Norte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Yontocket: 12 producers, 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone. 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
Crescent City Rock & Sand Co.StoneOccurrence
Mountain Quarries and MillStoneProducer
Mountain Quarries and MillStoneProducer
UnknownGoldOccurrencePlacer
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown
Unnamed Placer DepositGoldUnknown
Bailey BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bailey BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crescent City Rock and CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Del Norte 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
Khoonkhwuttunne (historical)2.8 miles18
Smith River3.1 miles18
Tryon Corner3.5 miles18
Pacific Shores3.6 miles21
Fort Dick3.8 miles21
Hiouchi10.4 miles16
Crescent City10.5 miles21
Tatlatunne (historical)10.5 miles21

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.

Wikipedia article on YontocketAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8055117The 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 1660216. 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.