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Clinton, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95642. It stands on Clinton Peak. The Survey maps it on the Pine Grove quadrangle. It stands 1,972 feet above sea level.

Clinton 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 Clinton, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Clinton, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

371 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 371 fires within 5 miles of Clinton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 71,956 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 21 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 burning106
Missing data/not specified/undetermined102
Equipment and vehicle use81
Arson/incendiarism21
Natural15
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking9
Fireworks1
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 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined70,868 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitBUTTE
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 25
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #25
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 33
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitCLINTON
6 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitDIAMOND
5 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitREDBERRY
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitBUTTE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Amador County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 212 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 212 workings within 5 miles of Clinton: 69 past producers, 66 occurrences, 62 unknowns, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Black WonderGold, Copper, Iron, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Clinton ConsolidatedGold, Silver, Iron, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Silver
ContiniGold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Dane and MitchellFluorine-FluoriteUnknown
DigitalliCobalt, Copper, ManganeseOccurrenceVein
Ilex MineGold, Copper, Antimony, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Stibnite
PetersonGold, ArsenicPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Pine Grove UnitGold, Copper, ZincPast Producer1938
Aime LaidetTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Aime LaidetTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence

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
Irishtown (historical)0.9 miles28
Pine Acres1.9 miles28
Milligan District (historical)2.6 miles29
Pine Grove2.6 miles28
Electra3.0 miles29
Bonnefoy4.5 miles29
Volcano5.0 miles28
Scottsville5.4 miles29

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 ClintonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5134021The 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 1658290. 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.