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Avinsino Corner, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the South El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95667. The Survey maps it on the Camino quadrangle. It stands 2,484 feet above sea level.

Avinsino Corner within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Avinsino Corner, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Avinsino Corner, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 33 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

619 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 619 fires within 5 miles of Avinsino Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,489 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 23 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 burning187
Missing data/not specified/undetermined185
Equipment and vehicle use143
Arson/incendiarism23
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Natural16
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Smoking16
Other causes7
Recreation and ceremony6

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitGATLIN
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitRED APPLE CAFE CAMINO
8 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPARKER
7 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGREGORY LN SOMERSET
7 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPIONEER
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitLEE
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use10 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 2015
6 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitABBY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 212 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 212 workings within 5 miles of Avinsino Corner: 105 occurrences, 81 unknowns, 20 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper. 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
Grand VictoryGold, AntimonyPast ProducerSurface/Underground
Old Gravel MineGermaniumUnknown
UnknownGemstoneOccurrence
Camino Rock CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
GutenbergerIronOccurrence
GutenbergerIronOccurrence
Sierra PlaceriteStone, DimensionOccurrence
Sierra PlaceriteStone, DimensionUnknown
Snow Road Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
BakerCopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in El Dorado 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
Newtown0.8 miles33
Pleasant Valley1.0 miles33
Rancho del Sol2.2 miles33
Old Fort Jim2.5 miles33
Camino3.1 miles33
Somerset3.2 miles33
Camino Heights3.3 miles33
Sierra Springs3.6 miles31

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 Q4828902The 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 1657970. 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.