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Calaveritas, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the San Andreas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95249. It lies near Old Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Calaveritas quadrangle. It stands 1,109 feet above sea level.

Calaveritas within Calaveras County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Calaveritas, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Calaveritas, surveyed 1889

On record in Calaveritas

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

255 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Calaveritas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,031 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 23 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 use86
Missing data/not specified/undetermined74
Debris and open burning45
Arson/incendiarism23
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2
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/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMHP OAK SHADOWS MHP CALAV
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictHWY 49 9
7 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor63 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitFRECCERO
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMILLS
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitQUAIL OAKS
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCEMENT
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCALAVERITAS
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitSANCTUARY/2-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 383 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 383 workings within 5 miles of Calaveritas: 146 occurrences, 108 past producers, 97 unknowns, 30 producers. 30 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
AlpineGold, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
AltavilleGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Calaveras Shale QuarryCalciumProducer
CarterTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
FordGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerSurface/Underground
FordGold, Silver, Lead, CopperUnknown
Mar John Mines Co.Gold, Cobalt, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Maxwell ClaimChromiumUnknown
NunerAsbestosOccurrence
San Andreas Cement PlantLimestone, General, ClayProducer

Every working recorded in Calaveras County

Storms near this place

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calaveritas in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023FloodCalaveritas-CHP reported roadway flooding at Mountain Ranch Road and De Moss Lane.
January 2001Heavy RainCalaveritas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Calaveras 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
Fourth Crossing2.3 miles28
Oak Park Estates3.4 miles28
San Andreas4.6 miles28
Altaville5.7 miles29
Mountain Ranch6.1 miles28
Cave City6.2 miles28
La Honda Park6.6 miles37
Angels Camp7.2 miles29

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 CalaveritasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473528The 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 1658190. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.