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Bryants, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the South El Dorado census division. It stands on North Sly Park Creek. The Survey maps it on the Old Iron Mountain quadrangle. It stands 4,429 feet above sea level.

Bryants within El Dorado County

Then and now

1889 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bryants, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Bryants, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 34 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

276 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Bryants between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27,092 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 19 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
Recreation and ceremony72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Natural45
Debris and open burning44
Equipment and vehicle use27
Arson/incendiarism19
Smoking6
Firearms and explosives use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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/undetermined2.0 acresEldorado National ForestSNOW
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresEldorado National ForestMORMON 2
9 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestBALTIC
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitLOCH
9 September 1994Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitPLUM
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPLUM
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Bryants: 13 occurrences, 12 unknowns, 9 past producers, 2 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Antimony. 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
CosumnesGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Cosumnes MineGold, Copper, Lead, SilverUnknown
Golden TraceGold, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldUnknown
Hazel CreekGold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Pacific HouseTungsten, GoldUnknown
Plum Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStoneOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryStoneUnknown
BalticGoldPast ProducerGold

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
Bonetti3.3 miles34
Pacific3.3 miles31
Griminger3.5 miles34
Riverton3.9 miles32
Fresh Pond4.0 miles31
Darlington4.0 miles34
Short Place4.2 miles32
Van Vleck4.6 miles31

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 Q4980632The 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 1658147. 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.