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Coffing, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Elk Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95829. The Survey maps it on the Elk Grove quadrangle.

Coffing within Sacramento County

Then and now

1894 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Coffing, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Coffing, surveyed 1894

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

132 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Coffing between 1997 and 2014, burning about 204 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined83
Equipment and vehicle use23
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking5
Debris and open burning4
Natural1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
26 September 2005Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sacramento County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Coffing: 7 producers, 3 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lithium, Clay. 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
Florin PlantClayProducer
Preston Hanford Sand and GravelLithiumProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hanford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sacramento County PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sacramento County PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
West Coast Building WreckSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Sacramento 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
Vineyard1.6 miles26
Sheldon2.0 miles26
Graham (historical)3.2 miles22
Fallbrook3.4 miles26
Camden3.8 miles22
Wilton3.9 miles26
Elk Grove4.3 miles26
Oo-moo-chah (historical)4.3 miles26

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 Q122562718The 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 1827174. 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.