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Angels Camp, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Angels City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95222. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Angels Camp quadrangle. 3,836 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 1,378 feet above sea level.

Angels Camp 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 Angels Camp, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Angels Camp, surveyed 1889

On record in Angels Camp

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 4 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

323 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 323 fires within 5 miles of Angels Camp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,162 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined116
Equipment and vehicle use89
Debris and open burning44
Arson/incendiarism31
Natural16
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2011Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitBLUFF
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictPARROTS
9 September 1998Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING 4
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPOAG
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictNATURAL BRIDGES
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitROLLERI
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCAMP
6 September 2012Natural7.5 acresTuolumne-Calaveras Unit2-7

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 562 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 562 workings within 5 miles of Angels Camp: 218 past producers, 200 occurrences, 103 unknowns, 35 producers. 36 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Manganese, Gold, 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
AltavilleGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Angels Camp Deep MineGold, Silver, MolybdenumPast ProducerGold, Molybdenite, Silver
Carson CreekGold, Silver, ZincPast ProducerGold, Silver, Tetrahedrite
DepositsLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Iron RockSilicaUnknown
McquigGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
PeiranoGold, StonePast ProducerGold, Soapstone
Radium No. 1UraniumOccurrence
Stanislaus MineSilver, MercuryOccurrenceGold
Stanislaus MineSilver, MercuryUnknown

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
Altaville1.6 miles29
Carson Hill3.3 miles29
Vallecito3.8 miles37
La Honda Park4.3 miles37
Melones4.4 miles37
Douglas Flat5.5 miles37
Murphys6.4 miles34
Rocky Hill6.6 miles34

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.

Wikipedia article on Angels CampAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2603725The 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 1667877. 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.