Plumas County CA Archives History - Books .....Altitudes 1882 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com January 2, 2006, 7:32 pm Book Title: Illustrated History Of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties ALTITUDES. The following table of altitudes has been complied by Authur W. Keddie, civil engineer, and. compiler of the splendid map of Plumas county that hangs in the office of the county clerk. Two authorities are given, Lieutenant Tillman and J. E. Mills, between whose estimates of some points there is a slight variation. TILLMAN. MILLS. Feet. Feet. Quincy (Plumas House) 3,381 3,416 Claremont Hill 6,998 6,951 Mt. Hough 7,391 7,431 Old toll-house between Quincy and Taylorville 5,509 Spanish Peak 6,920 Monte Christo tunnel 6,288 Spanish Ranch 3,636 3,631 Meadow Valley 3,757 3,757 Robinson's toll-gate 4,518 Buck's Ranch 5,112 Buckeye 4,938 Kingsbury's (Hallsted's) 2,678 Cariboo bridge, north fork of Feather River 2,843 Dead wood Pass, head of Rich Gulch 4,628 Miller's, Butt Valley 4,055 Lott's mine 6,309 Butt Creek bridge, Chico road 4,692 Longville, Humbug Valley 4,309 Prattville, Big Meadows 4,394 Geysers 5,864 Solfatara, Mud Lake 5,908 Hot Springs, Hot Spring Valley 6,080 Willow Lake 5,382 Mt. Harkness, above Warner Valley 8,875 Cinder Cone, top of crater 6,741 Cinder Cone, bottom of crater 6,596 Warner Creek bridge 4,826 Stover's ranch, west arm of Big Meadows 4,464 Big Spring, east arm of Big Meadows 4,285 Dutch Hill 4,692 Grizzly Hill, above Savercool mine 5,709 Greenville 3,544 Forgay's ranch, Indian Valley 3,481 (?) Ford's ranch, Indian Valley 3,518 Taylorville 3,521 Hosselkus ranch 3,635 Kettle Rock 7,843 Moonlight Valley, above Ford's 5,434 Crescent 3,406 (?) Arlington bridge 3,375 (?) Shoo Fly bridge 3,071 Spanish Creek, six miles from Quincy 3,136 Summit of La Porte road, above Thompson's 4,458 Bridge at Nelson Point 3,859 Parker's ranch, Little Long Valley 4,136 El well's marble ledge, Little Long Valley 4,625 Sulphur Springs, Mohawk Valley 4,466 Delaney's ranch 4,840 Beckwourth 4,887 Old Bobo ranch, Sierra Valley 4,910 Summit, Sierra Valley 4,975 (?) Mape's ranch, Sierra Valley 5,039 Crow's ranch, Red Clover Valley 5,464 Bagley's ranch, Eed Clover Valley 5,387 Omjumi Peak 8,293 Frenchman's Cove, Last Chance Valley 5,565 Mt. Ingalls, between Ped Clover and Grizzly Valleys 8,471 Mt. Wellington, or Smith's Peak 7,665 Junction of Last Chance and Squaw Queen Creeks 5,268 The altitude of Eureka Peak is given at 7,520, and Eureka Mill 6,200; also the following points on the boundary line of Plumas county, taken by Mr. Tillman: Feet. Walker's plains, Butte line 5,000 (?) Head of Chipp's Creek, Butte line 5,953 Summit of Humbug road, Butte line 6,706 Butt Mountain, Tehama line 7,831 Deer Creek Meadows, Tehama line 4,518 Lassen Peak, Tehama line 10,437 Mt. Dyer, Lassen line 7,369 Summit Taylorville and Susanville road, Lassen line 6,428 Thompson Peak, Lassen line 7,752 Pass south of Milford, Lassen line 5,999 McKissick Peak, Lassen line 7,083 Adams Peak, Lassen line 8,432 Beckwourth Pass, Lassen line 5,192 Summit Peak, Sierra line 8,302 Sierra Valley, Sierra line 4,800 Additional Comments: Extracted from: Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties San Francisco: Fariss & Smith (1882) File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/plumas/history/1882/illustra/altitude103gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 6.5 Kb