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Columbia Village, California

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95370. It lies near Kennebec Hill. The Survey maps it on the Columbia quadrangle.

Columbia Village within Tuolumne 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 Columbia Village, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Columbia Village, surveyed 1891

On record in Columbia Village

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 37 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

785 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 785 fires within 5 miles of Columbia Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,093 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined307
Equipment and vehicle use166
Debris and open burning141
Misuse of fire by a minor51
Arson/incendiarism40
Smoking24
Power generation/transmission/distribution23
Natural22
Recreation and ceremony7
Other causes2
Fireworks2

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMONO
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictPARROTS
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING#37
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTING 24
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 30
9 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOX
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitFERENCZY
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitRAWHIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 412 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 412 workings within 5 miles of Columbia Village: 151 unknowns, 90 past producers, 87 occurrences, 76 producers. 76 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Manganese, Marble, Dimension. 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
B Brown We Finch Ad HunterTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
ExperimentalGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
ExperimentalGold, Lead, SilverOccurrence
Golden StarGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Hard To FindGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
NorwegianGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, MercuryPast ProducerBornite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Rawhide AsbestosAsbestosOccurrence
Reported OccurenceSlate, DimensionOccurrence
SonoraSilver, GoldProducer
White Lead GravelTin, GoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Tuolumne 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
Springfield0.6 miles37
Columbia0.9 miles37
Squabbletown1.0 miles37
Martinez1.2 miles37
Shaws Flat1.2 miles37
Saratoga Acres1.6 miles37
Browns Flat1.6 miles37
Yankee Hill1.7 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1809354. 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.