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Clarksona, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Ione census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95640. It lies near Indian Hill. The Survey maps it on the Ione quadrangle. It stands 272 feet above sea level.

Clarksona within Amador 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 Clarksona, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Clarksona, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Clarksona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,490 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined54
Equipment and vehicle use45
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitIONE
9 September 1999Natural10 acresAmador-El Dorado Unit0WENS
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitCOUNTY LINE
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAmador-El Dorado Unit124
7 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictBUENA
5 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitHY
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitHWY 88
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitHY 104 / RANCHO SECO RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Amador County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 121 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 121 workings within 5 miles of Clarksona: 46 occurrences, 31 producers, 28 unknowns, 11 past producers. 31 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Gold, Kaolin, Silica. 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
Bacon PitPumiceProducer
IoneCopper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerStibnite
Ione ClaysIron, Silica, Aluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
Ione Pit and MillZirconium, Titanium, KaolinProducer1954
Unidentified ProspectsGold, ChromiumOccurrenceChromite, Gold
Lot 232 Lignite PitLignite, Fire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Mace RanchAsbestosOccurrence
Mace RanchAsbestosProspect
Mcguire PitKaolin, LigniteProducer
Newman Clay PitsKaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory)Producer

Every working recorded in Amador 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
Edwin0.4 miles28
Dagon2.3 miles28
Carbondale2.7 miles25
Ione3.1 miles28
Chinatown (historical)3.2 miles28
May (historical)3.4 miles25
Firebrick4.1 miles28
Sunnybrook6.0 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 Q5127775The 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 258417. 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.