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Casa Loma, California

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Colfax-Monumental Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95701. It stands on North Fork North Fork American River. The Survey maps it on the Dutch Flat quadrangle. 1,804 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,032 feet above sea level.

Casa Loma within Placer 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 Casa Loma, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Casa Loma, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 37 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

217 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Casa Loma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,426 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined68
Equipment and vehicle use33
Natural33
Debris and open burning32
Recreation and ceremony19
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitDUTCH
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1434
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitKEARSARGE
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitALTA
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitFOREBAY
5 September 2005Smokingunder an acreCentral California DistrictGOLD RUN
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionIRON POINT CDF_ALTA
4 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCULBERSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 268 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 268 workings within 5 miles of Casa Loma: 98 past producers, 68 unknowns, 67 occurrences, 35 producers. 35 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Asbestos. 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
DorerLead, Gold, Copper, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gold-N-Sands Resources ProjectSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lincoln Clay Pit and MillClayProducer
Mccarty ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Rawhide ConsGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Shady RunGold, ArsenicPast ProducerGold
Southern CrossGold, Lead, ArsenicPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Victory Chrome CompanyIron, ChromiumPast Producer1941
Big BlueGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Damascus DistrictGold, Platinum, Silver, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Copper, IndiumPast Producer1855

Every working recorded in Placer 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
Baxter0.9 miles37
Towle1.2 miles37
Midas1.5 miles37
Rawhide1.7 miles33
Alta1.9 miles37
Monte Vista3.1 miles37
Dutch Flat3.3 miles37
Forebay3.3 miles33

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 Casa LomaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5047846The 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 1655874. 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.