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Beeks Place, California

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Silverado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92676. It lies near Oak Flat. The Survey maps it on the Black Star Canyon quadrangle.

Beeks Place within Orange County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Beeks Place, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Beeks Place, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 40 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

200 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Beeks Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57,490 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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/undetermined96
Recreation and ceremony28
Equipment and vehicle use27
Arson/incendiarism17
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking5
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitCORONA ASSIST
5 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE
30 September 1999Arson/incendiarism440 acresCleveland National ForestCHASE
3 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use30 acresCleveland National ForestGREEN
3 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresRiverside UnitSTATE
29 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCleveland National ForestCOLT
27 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined78 acresCleveland National ForestGREEN_RIVER
27 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use65 acresRiverside UnitSTATE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 77 workings within 5 miles of Beeks Place: 46 past producers, 14 prospects, 11 producers, 5 occurrences. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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
Middlesworth Clay DepositClay, AluminumPast ProducerSedimentary
Sentinal OakGold, Silver, Lead, ZincProspect
Silverado-Santa RosaSilverProducer
Unnamed ProspectLead, Silver, ZincProspect
Corona Lead-ZincLead, Antimony, Silver, ZincPast ProducerVein
Corona Lead-Zinc MineLead, Antimony, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Jackson & Havens DepositSilicaPast Producer
Ladd Canyon DepositsLimestone, GeneralProspect
Nonhof DepositSilicaPast Producer
Red Rock ProspectStone, DimensionProspect

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Gypsum (historical)4.9 miles39
Carbondale (historical)5.1 miles40
Silverado5.1 miles47
Esperanza7.3 miles43
Anaheim Hills7.5 miles46
Modjeska7.7 miles47
Orange Park Acres7.7 miles46
Cowan Heights7.7 miles46

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 269785. 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.