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Cave City, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the San Andreas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95246. It lies near Martin Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Calaveritas quadrangle. It stands 1,621 feet above sea level.

Cave City 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 Cave City, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Cave City, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

241 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of Cave City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,273 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 18 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
Debris and open burning89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Equipment and vehicle use44
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural13
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
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 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 35
7 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor63 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitFRECCERO
6 September 2004Smoking1.0 acresCentral California DistrictEMIGRANT
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unit4-4
4 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitSWISS
30 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitSTARLIGHT
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMILLER
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTING 17

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 503 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 503 workings within 5 miles of Cave City: 199 occurrences, 184 past producers, 96 unknowns, 18 producers. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Iron, 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
AlpineGold, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Calaveras Cement CompanyGold, SilverPast Producer
Madrid MineChromium, IronPast Producer1916, 1917
Mar John Mines Co.Gold, Cobalt, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
MarjonCobalt, NickelOccurrenceVein
Murphy Divide MineGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerReplacement
Oro Plata MineAntimonyOccurrence
Oro Y PlataGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tin, Zinc, MercuryPast ProducerCinnabar, Gold, Stibnite
Sheep Ranch MineSilver, Gold, Iron, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast Producer1867
Small Prospect MarNiobium (Columbium)Occurrence

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
Sheep Ranch2.4 miles34
Mountain Ranch2.5 miles28
Fisher Place3.8 miles34
Indian Creek4.2 miles34
Rocky Hill4.5 miles34
Wyldewood4.9 miles34
Murphys5.2 miles34
La Honda Park5.7 miles37

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 Cave CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5054892The 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 252646. 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.