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Casey Corner, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Grass Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95946. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rough And Ready quadrangle. It stands 1,417 feet above sea level.

Casey Corner within Nevada County

Then and now

1888 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Casey Corner, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Casey Corner, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

548 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 548 fires within 5 miles of Casey Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,595 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined188
Equipment and vehicle use148
Debris and open burning126
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Arson/incendiarism17
Smoking15
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGOLDEN
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1887
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMC COURTNEY
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSPENCEVILLE
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMELODY
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPOPPY
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPOKER
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMCCOURTNEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 119 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 119 workings within 5 miles of Casey Corner: 58 past producers, 39 occurrences, 14 unknowns, 5 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Iron. 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
CadmusGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerUnderground
California MineCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
North StarGold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGold
Rough & ReadyGold, PGEUnknown
Rough-And-ReadyGold, PlatinumProducer1848
TaylorIron, Copper, GoldProducerVein
California MineCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Mcdonald RanchCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Dickerson PropertyChromiumOccurrence1918
Dickerson PropertyChromiumProspect

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Penn Valley0.7 miles27
Lake Wildwood2.7 miles27
Rough and Ready3.2 miles27
Big Oak Valley4.2 miles24
Bitney Corner4.4 miles28
Starbright Acres4.8 miles28
Sunset View4.9 miles28
Sherwood Forest5.2 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.

Wikidata item Q5048475The 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 1658231. 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.