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Algerine, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sonora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95327. It lies near Camp Meeting Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Sonora quadrangle.

Algerine within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1893 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Algerine, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Algerine, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

622 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 622 fires within 5 miles of Algerine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,785 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined252
Equipment and vehicle use148
Debris and open burning79
Misuse of fire by a minor42
Arson/incendiarism34
Power generation/transmission/distribution20
Smoking20
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony8
Other causes3
Firearms and explosives use2

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 UnitMONO
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING#21
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCAMPBELL
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitRAWHIDE
8 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictTRESCOTT
8 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictHATLER
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitEBERT
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictANGUS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 234 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 234 workings within 5 miles of Algerine: 83 unknowns, 69 past producers, 34 producers, 31 occurrences. 35 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Chromium, Silver. 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
B Brown We Finch Ad HunterTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Eggling and Williams MineIron, ChromiumPast Producer1875, 1900
Erin Go Bragh and CloudmanGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Ft Lillard ClaimsCopper, IronProspect
Golden Rule & JumperGold, BismuthOccurrence
HitchcockGold, Copper, SilverProspect
Jamestown S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mackey RanchCopper, Gold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
Reported OccurenceSlate, DimensionOccurrence
Reported OccurenceBerylliumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Tuolumne 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
Stent1.7 miles28
Quartz2.3 miles28
Cuesta Serena2.5 miles28
Campo Seco2.6 miles28
Mother Lode West3.0 miles28
Rolling Hills3.2 miles28
Woods Crossing3.4 miles28
Jamestown3.6 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 Q17299266The 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 1657911. 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.