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Binney Junction, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Marysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95901. It stands on Jack Slough. The Survey maps it on the Yuba City quadrangle. It stands 62 feet above sea level.

Binney Junction within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Binney Junction, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Binney Junction, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

935 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 935 fires within 5 miles of Binney Junction between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,919 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 68 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/undetermined602
Debris and open burning84
Equipment and vehicle use82
Arson/incendiarism68
Misuse of fire by a minor47
Smoking37
Recreation and ceremony11
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitOSWALT
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Binney Junction: 8 producers, 2 unknowns. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Baldwin Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Garcia Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hallwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marysville Rock Products CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Pacific Coast Aggregates IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
R-5 Gold Field Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Simpson Lane PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Speckert PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spreckert PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yuba River Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yuba 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
Marysville0.8 miles25
Oliver (historical)1.7 miles25
South Yuba2.2 miles25
West Linda2.8 miles24
Yuba (historical)2.8 miles24
Linda2.9 miles25
Mello3.7 miles25
Alicia3.8 miles24

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 Q4914439The 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 252631. 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.