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Cedar Vista, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Arnold-West Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95247. It lies near Forest Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Murphys quadrangle. It stands 3,317 feet above sea level.

Cedar Vista within Calaveras County

Then and now

1891 to 2001

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 Cedar Vista, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Cedar Vista, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

284 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 284 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Vista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,751 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined91
Debris and open burning81
Equipment and vehicle use48
Natural20
Arson/incendiarism20
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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 2008Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresCentral California Area OfficeNINE
9 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #36
9 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #43
9 September 1999Natural2.0 acresStanislaus National ForestGRISWOLD
8 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitAVERY
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitTURNBO
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unit2-9
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unit4-4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 273 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 273 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Vista: 106 occurrences, 82 past producers, 64 unknowns, 18 producers. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Limestone, Dimension, Stone. 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
Cataract Slurry PlantCalciumProducer
Collier MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead, AntimonyPast ProducerAntimony, Gold, Sphalerite
ContentionGold, Molybdenum, CopperOccurrence
Douglas FlatGold, PlatinumProducer1848
Douglas FlatGold, PGEUnknown
MarjonCobalt, NickelOccurrenceVein
Murphy Divide MineGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerReplacement
MurphysGold, SilverProducer
Oro Plata MineAntimonyOccurrence
Oro Y PlataGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tin, Zinc, MercuryPast ProducerCinnabar, Gold, Stibnite

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
Forest Meadows0.2 miles34
Hanford Hill0.4 miles34
Red Apple1.5 miles34
Indian Creek1.6 miles34
Indian Hills1.6 miles34
Timber Trails1.9 miles34
Ponderosa Park2.4 miles35
Sunset Point2.7 miles35

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 Q5056941The 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 1804870. 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.