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Aspen Valley, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It lies near Long Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Ackerson Mountain quadrangle. It stands 6,161 feet above sea level.

Aspen Valley within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1897 to 2001

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 Aspen Valley, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Aspen Valley, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Aspen Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,588 acres in total. 109 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
Natural109
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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 1998Naturalunder an acreYosemite National ParkGULCH
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreYosemite National ParkCENTURY
5 September 2007Natural121 acresYosemite National ParkBALD SUPPRESSION
29 September 1997Naturalunder an acreYosemite National ParkASPEN WEST
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acreYosemite National ParkPW3
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acreYosemite National ParkVIKING
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreYosemite National ParkWALKER
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreYosemite National ParkGROVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Aspen Valley: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten. 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
Molander TungstenTungstenOccurrence
New DiscoveryGoldOccurrence

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
Mather5.9 miles27
Sequoia6.7 miles28
White Wolf7.0 miles28
Harden Flat9.4 miles28
Colfax Spring13.6 miles29
Femmons15.4 miles33
Deadwood21.6 miles27
Second Garrotte22.6 miles30

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 Aspen ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4807852The 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 1657957. 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.