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Campo Seco, California

30 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 95225. It lies near Valley Springs Peak. The Survey maps it on the Valley Springs quadrangle. It stands 564 feet above sea level.

Campo Seco 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 Campo Seco, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Campo Seco, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

465 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 465 fires within 5 miles of Campo Seco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,290 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined169
Equipment and vehicle use142
Debris and open burning69
Arson/incendiarism30
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural8
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks2
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 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 16
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPARDEE
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPETERSBERG
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPINE ST VALLEY_SPRINGS
8 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use80 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCARDIN
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCAMANCHE PKWY S/ CHILE CA
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitG2C
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitJENSEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 222 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 222 workings within 5 miles of Campo Seco: 101 occurrences, 40 past producers, 39 unknowns, 27 producers. 27 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Clay, Chromium. 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
Berry MineFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
CaldwellGold, Silver, CopperProducerVein
CaldwellGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Camanche DistrictGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer1849
Campo SecoCopper, Gold, Silver, ZincProducer
EdnaGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerGold
Grayhouse MineCopper, ZincProspect
HolmesCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Holmes RanchIron, Mineral PigmentsOccurrence
Late Ocher MineMineral Pigments, IronProducer

Every working 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
Camp Pardee1.5 miles30
South Camanche Shore2.7 miles30
Valley Springs2.8 miles30
Norval (historical)3.0 miles30
Quail Oaks3.3 miles30
Burson3.6 miles30
Camanche (historical)4.4 miles30
Toyon4.9 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 Campo SecoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5028458The 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 1658207. 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.