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Carbondale, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Ione census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95640. The Survey maps it on the Carbondale quadrangle. It stands 223 feet above sea level.

Carbondale within Amador County

Then and now

1894 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Carbondale, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Carbondale, surveyed 1894

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 25 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Carbondale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,959 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined46
Equipment and vehicle use45
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
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 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitIONE
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitCOUNTY LINE
7 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitSIXTEEN
5 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitREICH
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitHY 104 / RANCHO SECO RD
27 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use27 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitCARBONDALE
26 September 2005Natural1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitMEISS
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.2 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitPONY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Amador County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 85 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 85 workings within 5 miles of Carbondale: 37 occurrences, 20 producers, 18 unknowns, 8 past producers. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Gold, Copper, 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
Bacon PitPumiceProducer
IoneCopper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerStibnite
Ione ClaysIron, Silica, Aluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
Unidentified ProspectsGold, ChromiumOccurrenceChromite, Gold
Lot 232 Lignite PitLignite, Fire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Mcdonnell PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Mcguire PitKaolin, LigniteProducer
Ione QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nother Carbondale MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Relvas Gravel DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Amador 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
May (historical)0.8 miles25
Edwin2.3 miles28
Clarksona2.7 miles28
Forest Home (historical)4.5 miles28
Dagon5.0 miles28
Ione5.5 miles28
Chinatown (historical)5.6 miles28
Firebrick6.7 miles28

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 CarbondaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5038017The 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 1658220. 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.