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Allen, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Pine Grove-Silver Lake census division. The Survey maps it on the Mokelumne Peak quadrangle. It stands 8,113 feet above sea level.

Allen within Amador County

Then and now

1889 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Allen, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Allen, surveyed 1889

Compare 1889 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Allen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 166 acres in total. 73 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural73
Recreation and ceremony25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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 2017Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestFORGOTTEN
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National ForestPEDDLER
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named
4 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestGRANITE
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestBLUFF
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestSPICER
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestMUD
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestMAIDEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Amador 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
Plasse1.6 miles30
Tragedy Spring (historical)2.3 miles30
Kit Carson3.7 miles32
Dew Drop (historical)21.1 miles30
Buckhorn24.9 miles28
Barton24.9 miles28
Pioneer27.6 miles28
Volcano30.1 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 Q4731473The 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 1657914. 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.