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Carvin Creek Homesites, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the East Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96125. It stands on Carvin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clio quadrangle. It stands 5,669 feet above sea level.

Carvin Creek Homesites within Sierra 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 Carvin Creek Homesites, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Carvin Creek Homesites, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Carvin Creek Homesites between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,152 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural43
Recreation and ceremony18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2017Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestBUTTES
8 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePlumas National ForestLAKE 2
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTahoe National ForestBASSETTS
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestSHAFFER
3 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePlumas National ForestGOLD
29 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTahoe National ForestHASKELL
28 September 2004Smokingunder an acreTahoe National ForestSNAG
26 September 1994Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestWING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sierra County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 91 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 91 workings within 5 miles of Carvin Creek Homesites: 38 past producers, 28 prospects, 18 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Chromium, Lead, Copper. 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
ChippsGold, MolybdenumProspect
DevineGold, SilverPast Producer
PhoenixGold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Unidentified ProspectTungstenProspect
Basset PrideChromiumProspect
Copper MineChromiumProspect
OccurrenceGold, ChromiumOccurrence
Redmayne and McgonigalChromiumProspect
Shamrock GroupGold, ChromiumOccurrence
Basset PrideCopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sierra 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
Bassetts0.8 miles27
Haskell Creek Homesites1.4 miles28
Clark Station Homesites3.0 miles27
Sierra City5.2 miles26
Loganville6.3 miles26
Milton (historical)7.3 miles27
Calpine7.8 miles24
Sattley8.0 miles24

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 Q5047574The 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 1655873. 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.