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Bath, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Foresthill-Back Country census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95631. The Survey maps it on the Foresthill quadrangle. It stands 3,442 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.

Bath within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bath (historical), surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Bath (historical), surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Bath (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,720 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined48
Debris and open burning32
Natural19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1
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
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictPOLARIS
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestHAWK
5 September 2005Other causes1.0 acresCentral California DistrictJAQUIMA
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictPARK
4 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreEldorado National ForestDUSTY
3 September 2008Smokingunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitFORESTHILL
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestLADY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 374 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 374 workings within 5 miles of Bath (historical): 128 past producers, 114 unknowns, 85 occurrences, 43 producers. 43 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Manganese. 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
BuckeyeTungstenProducer
Hills Armstrong Graphite DepositGraphiteProspect
OccidentalGold, SilverProducer
Ruby ConsolidatedChromium, Gold, IronPast Producer1917
Unnamed LocationSulfurOccurrence
American BarGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Forest Hill DistrictGold, Platinum, Silver, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Copper, IndiumPast Producer1850
Michigan BluffNickelOccurrence1850
Michigan Bluff DistrictGold, Platinum, Silver, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Copper, IndiumPast Producer1850
Sugar PineNickelOccurrence1945

Every working recorded in Placer 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
Mayflower (historical)1.4 miles33
Foresthill1.7 miles33
Four Acres1.9 miles33
Baltimore (historical)2.4 miles33
Michigan Bluff2.8 miles33
Yankee Jims3.7 miles33
Hughes Mill3.9 miles33
Todd Valley4.1 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 Bath (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4868870The 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 1701140. 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.