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Brandon Corner, 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. It lies near Sugarloaf. The Survey maps it on the Latrobe quadrangle. It stands 748 feet above sea level.

Brandon 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 Brandon Corner, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Brandon Corner, 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

339 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 339 fires within 5 miles of Brandon Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,346 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 22 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 use128
Missing data/not specified/undetermined104
Debris and open burning54
Arson/incendiarism22
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural9
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIDGE
8 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLASSO
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFRENCH
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictSAND
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitTALON
6 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSOUTH
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitFRENCH
6 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitHOOF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 181 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 181 workings within 5 miles of Brandon Corner: 86 occurrences, 44 unknowns, 42 past producers, 5 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Copper, 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
BrandonChromium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, RhodiumPast Producer1918
BrealaCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
El Dorado Limestone CoStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Monarch - Sugar LoafGold, Copper, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Murphy MineIron, ChromiumPast Producer1918
Rip and TearCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Sugar LoafGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
BernardMercuryUnknown
Bernard PropertyMercuryPast Producer1860
BrandonSilicaOccurrence

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
Shrub1.2 miles32
Brela1.8 miles32
Dugan1.8 miles32
Flonellis2.0 miles32
Bullard2.2 miles32
Latrobe3.2 miles32
Sprekelsville4.0 miles32
Frenchtown4.0 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.

Wikidata item Q4956809The 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 252636. 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.