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Carson Hill, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Angels City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95222. It stands on Carson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Angels Camp quadrangle. It stands 1,447 feet above sea level.

Carson Hill 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 Carson Hill, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Carson Hill, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 29 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

342 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 342 fires within 5 miles of Carson Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,388 acres in total. 18 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/undetermined117
Equipment and vehicle use80
Debris and open burning54
Arson/incendiarism30
Natural18
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking11
Misuse of fire by a minor5
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 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictPARROTS
9 September 1999Natural10 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 28
9 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOX
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPOAG
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitFERENCZY
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictNATURAL BRIDGES
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitROLLERI
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCAMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 590 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 590 workings within 5 miles of Carson Hill: 219 past producers, 154 occurrences, 145 unknowns, 63 producers. 64 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, 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
Angels Camp Deep MineGold, Silver, MolybdenumPast ProducerGold, Molybdenite, Silver
Bowery BarMagnesiteProspect
Carson CreekGold, Silver, ZincPast ProducerGold, Silver, Tetrahedrite
DepositsLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Golden StarGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Hard To FindGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Iron RockSilicaUnknown
Kahl RanchChromium, CopperOccurrence
Melones & MorganGold, BismuthOccurrence
Mother Lode Central MinesGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGold

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
Melones1.2 miles37
Angels Camp3.3 miles29
Vallecito4.6 miles37
Altaville4.8 miles29
La Honda Park6.4 miles37
Douglas Flat6.5 miles37
Copperopolis7.9 miles21
Murphys7.9 miles34

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 Carson HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5046939The 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 233640. 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.