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Claussenius, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. It stands on Brooks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pollock Pines quadrangle. It stands 4,219 feet above sea level.

Claussenius within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Claussenius, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Claussenius, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 31 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

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Claussenius between 1992 and 2020, burning about 98,761 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined27
Natural27
Recreation and ceremony22
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestMOON
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestSAND
5 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestSTUMPY
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National ForestPILOT
3 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitFOREBAY
27 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestSTUMPY..
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestWHALER
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National ForestPOHO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Claussenius: 13 occurrences, 8 unknowns, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium. 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
R. S. T. ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
R.S.T. ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
BadgerGoldOccurrencePlacer
BadgerGoldUnknown
Bret HarteGoldPast ProducerGold
Bret HarteGoldUnknown
Bret Harte Safeguard No. 1GoldOccurrence
Cow BellGoldOccurrencePlacer
Cow BellGoldUnknown
DunlapGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in El Dorado 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
Pino Grande1.8 miles31
Old Pino2.6 miles31
Deer View2.9 miles31
Fairbanks3.3 miles31
Soapweed3.4 miles31
Leonardi4.8 miles34
McManus5.3 miles31
Campana5.6 miles34

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 Q5129552The 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 1658287. 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.