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Cal-Ida, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the West Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95922. It lies near Youngs Ravine. The Survey maps it on the Strawberry Valley quadrangle. It stands 3,537 feet above sea level.

Cal-Ida within Sierra County

Then and now

1888 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cal-Ida, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Cal-Ida, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Cal-Ida between 1992 and 2020, burning about 241 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 1 was 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
Debris and open burning17
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTahoe National ForestWILLOW
28 September 1994Natural5.0 acresPlumas National Forestnot named
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestOAK
26 September 2013Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestSTRAWBERRY
23 September 2011Natural13 acresTahoe National ForestINDIAN
19 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresPlumas National ForestPETERSON
15 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTahoe National ForestJOUBERT
11 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestCAL-IDA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sierra County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 101 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 101 workings within 5 miles of Cal-Ida: 34 past producers, 26 unknowns, 22 occurrences, 16 producers. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, 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
Brandy City MineChromium, MagnesiteProducer1917
Carpenter DepositGold, IronUnknown
Galena HillAsbestosOccurrence
IronriteClayOccurrence
Unnamed LocationLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
PeacockCopperOccurrenceUnderground
PeacockCopperProspect
Sailor Boy DiggingsGold, PlatinumProducer1855
Sailor Boy DiggingsGold, PlatinumPast Producer
Tri-MeSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Sierra 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
Brandy City0.9 miles27
Indian Hill (historical)1.8 miles27
Union Hill5.0 miles27
Tippecanoe (historical)5.0 miles32
Scales5.1 miles27
McMahons (historical)5.5 miles27
Grizzly Gulch (historical)5.6 miles32
Pike6.1 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 Cal-IdaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5018091The 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 1658189. 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.