Shasta County

E19118

administrative division county

Shasta County is a largely rural county in far Northern California known for its forests, mountains, and outdoor recreation areas including Shasta Lake and Mount Shasta.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Shasta County, California	52
Shasta County canonical	23
Shasta County region	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22117 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Shasta County
Context triple: [Northern California, contains, Shasta County]

A. Tuolumne County
Tuolumne County is a rural county in the Sierra Nevada region of California known for its mountainous landscapes, outdoor recreation, and inclusion of part of Yosemite National Park.
B. Humboldt County
Humboldt County is a rural coastal county in far Northern California known for its redwood forests, rugged Pacific shoreline, and strong cannabis-growing culture.
C. Mariposa County
Mariposa County is a rural county in central California best known as the gateway to much of Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada.
D. Placer County
Placer County is a county in Northern California that stretches from the suburbs of the Sacramento metropolitan area into the Sierra Nevada, including parts of Lake Tahoe.
E. Mendocino County
Mendocino County is a coastal county in Northern California known for its rugged Pacific shoreline, redwood forests, and wine-producing Anderson Valley.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Shasta County
Target entity description: Shasta County is a largely rural county in far Northern California known for its forests, mountains, and outdoor recreation areas including Shasta Lake and Mount Shasta.

A. Tuolumne County
Tuolumne County is a rural county in the Sierra Nevada region of California known for its mountainous landscapes, outdoor recreation, and inclusion of part of Yosemite National Park.
B. Humboldt County
Humboldt County is a rural coastal county in far Northern California known for its redwood forests, rugged Pacific shoreline, and strong cannabis-growing culture.
C. Mariposa County
Mariposa County is a rural county in central California best known as the gateway to much of Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada.
D. Placer County
Placer County is a county in Northern California that stretches from the suburbs of the Sacramento metropolitan area into the Sierra Nevada, including parts of Lake Tahoe.
E. Mendocino County
Mendocino County is a coastal county in Northern California known for its rugged Pacific shoreline, redwood forests, and wine-producing Anderson Valley.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division ⓘ county ⓘ
borderedBy	Lassen County ⓘ Modoc County, California ⓘ surface form: Modoc County Plumas County ⓘ Siskiyou County, California ⓘ surface form: Siskiyou County Tehama County ⓘ Trinity County ⓘ
contains	Bella Vista ⓘ Burney Falls ⓘ Castle Crags State Park ⓘ City of Anderson ⓘ Redding ⓘ surface form: City of Redding City of Shasta Lake ⓘ Cottonwood ⓘ Lassen Volcanic National Park ⓘ surface form: Lassen Volcanic National Park (partial) McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park ⓘ Palo Cedro ⓘ Sacramento River ⓘ Shasta Dam ⓘ Shasta Lake ⓘ Shasta State Historic Park ⓘ Shasta-Trinity National Forest ⓘ Shingletown ⓘ Whiskeytown Lake ⓘ Whiskeytown National Recreation Area ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
countySeat	Redding ⓘ
economyIncludes	outdoor recreation industry ⓘ timber industry ⓘ tourism ⓘ
followsDaylightSavingTime	UTC−07:00 ⓘ
followsTimeZone	UTC−08:00 ⓘ
hasClimate	Mediterranean climate (low elevations) ⓘ
knownFor	Mount Shasta ⓘ Shasta Lake ⓘ forests ⓘ mountains ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ
largestCity	Redding ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Northern California ⓘ far Northern California ⓘ
namedAfter	Mount Shasta ⓘ Shasta Lake ⓘ Shasta people ⓘ
partOf	California, United States ⓘ surface form: State of California
regionType	largely rural ⓘ
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (76)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern California → contains → Shasta County ⓘ

Lassen Volcanic National Park → locatedIn → Shasta County ⓘ

Mount Shasta → isHighestPointOf → Shasta County ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shasta County region

Shasta Cascade region → hasPart → Shasta County ⓘ

Redding → county → Shasta County ⓘ

Lassen Peak → locatedIn → Shasta County ⓘ