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Alabama Hill, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Arnold-West Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95232. It lies near Valentine Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Rail Road Flat quadrangle. It stands 2,969 feet above sea level.

Alabama Hill within Calaveras County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Alabama Hill, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Alabama Hill, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

404 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 404 fires within 5 miles of Alabama Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,429 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 25 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
Debris and open burning122
Missing data/not specified/undetermined112
Equipment and vehicle use75
Arson/incendiarism25
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Natural17
Smoking13
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Recreation and ceremony8
Fireworks2

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMAIN
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 25
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #25
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 33
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitTAYLOR
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictKATHY
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictPATEL INC
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitSIMPSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 399 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 399 workings within 5 miles of Alabama Hill: 152 past producers, 137 occurrences, 99 unknowns, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Manganese. 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
Big PineSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGold
BlackstoneGold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Clinton ConsolidatedGold, Silver, Iron, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Silver
Golden Shearer MineGold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Ilex MineGold, Copper, Antimony, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Stibnite
Aime LaidetTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Aime LaidetTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Calaveras - ColumbusGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerGold, Pyrrhotite
ClintonIronOccurrence
Clinton IrishtownIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Calaveras 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
Glencoe0.4 miles30
Rich Gulch2.7 miles29
Sandy Gulch3.6 miles28
Independence4.2 miles30
Rail Road Flat4.3 miles30
Wilseyville4.4 miles28
West Point4.6 miles28
Lynn Park Acres4.8 miles28

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 Q4705263The 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 252614. 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.