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Camp Spaulding, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Donner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95959. It stands on Jordan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blue Canyon quadrangle. It stands 5,157 feet above sea level.

Camp Spaulding within Nevada County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 109 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 Spaulding, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Camp Spaulding, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

223 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Camp Spaulding between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,503 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 6 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 ceremony101
Natural38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking13
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Firearms and explosives use1
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 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTahoe National ForestHILL
9 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestFULLER
9 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestBLUE
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitEMIGRANT
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitZIEBRIGHT
8 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestCROSSING
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestEAGLE
7 September 2011Smokingunder an acreTahoe National ForestONION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 79 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 79 workings within 5 miles of Camp Spaulding: 37 past producers, 28 occurrences, 12 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Granite, Copper, Cobalt. 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
Blue Bell Qtz.Gold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Diamond CreekGold, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Eagle Bird Qtz.Gold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gould and Towle QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Grouse RidgeIron, GoldUnknown
Last Chance QtzGold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gould & Towle QuarryGraniteProducer
Gould and Towle QuarryGraniteProducer
Lucky JoeGold, Copper, CobaltOccurrence
ProspectCopper, CobaltOccurrenceCobaltite

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Langs (historical)1.0 miles34
Yuba Pass2.0 miles37
Bear Valley (historical)2.5 miles34
Crystal Lake3.6 miles37
Eagle Bird (historical)3.6 miles34
Maybert (historical)4.0 miles34
Omega6.0 miles34
Baltimore Town7.0 miles30

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 Camp SpauldingAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5027602The 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 1658204. 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.