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Bamom, California

32 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 95682. The Survey maps it on the Shingle Springs quadrangle. It stands 1,424 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bamom 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 Bamom (historical), surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Bamom (historical), surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

1,144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,144 fires within 5 miles of Bamom (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,969 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 81 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
Equipment and vehicle use397
Missing data/not specified/undetermined376
Debris and open burning157
Arson/incendiarism81
Misuse of fire by a minor72
Smoking26
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural7
Other causes4
Fireworks1

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 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unit50
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitLODE 2
9 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1707
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictRANCHERIA
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitRITE
9 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitCIMMARON
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitDOLOMITE
8 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLASSO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 200 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 200 workings within 5 miles of Bamom (historical): 93 occurrences, 53 unknowns, 50 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Talc-Soapstone. 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
PyramidGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
El Dorado Limestone CoStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Marble Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
BostonCopperUnknown
French CreekGold, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Unidentified WorkingCopperOccurrence
Bernett PropertyTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceSoapstone
Bernett PropertyTalc-SoapstoneUnknown
Brandon RichardsonTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceSoapstone
Docs MineTalc-SoapstoneProducer

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
Shingle Springs0.0 miles32
Buckeye Flat (historical)0.7 miles32
Frenchtown1.8 miles32
Kingsville2.8 miles32
Cameron Park3.2 miles32
Rescue3.5 miles32
Cameron Airpark Estates3.5 miles32
Mariemont3.5 miles32

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 Bamom (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4853517The 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 1733954. 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.