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Camp Evers, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Santa Cruz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95066. It lies near Scotts Valley. The Survey maps it on the Felton quadrangle.

Camp Evers within Santa Cruz County

Then and now

1902 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Camp Evers, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Camp Evers, surveyed 1902

On record in Camp Evers

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

682 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 682 fires within 5 miles of Camp Evers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 340 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 66 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/undetermined303
Equipment and vehicle use139
Arson/incendiarism66
Debris and open burning42
Recreation and ceremony40
Smoking38
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes4
Natural1
Firearms and explosives use1

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/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHERMON
9 September 2013Smokingunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCREEKSIDE AV ZAYANTE
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitP.G.&E.#14
8 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitLAKE
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitROAD
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitQUAIL HOLLOW
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPG&E #4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Camp Evers: 19 past producers, 9 producers, 7 occurrences, 4 unknowns. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Central Supply CoFlagstoneUnknown
Felton QuarryStoneProducer
Big Boulder MineGoldUnknown
Gold GulchGoldUnknown
Lone Star Industries Inc.Limestone, General, ClayPast Producer
Stribling MineGoldUnknown
Unnamed LocationClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed LocationClayPast Producer
Bachellor Ranch QuarryGraniteOccurrence
Calplatti QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz 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
Scotts Valley0.8 miles32
Mission Springs1.7 miles32
Mount Hermon1.9 miles32
Beulah Park2.2 miles32
Paradise Park2.4 miles32
Rincon2.6 miles32
Olympia2.6 miles32
Felton2.6 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 Q122545567The 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 220451. 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.