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Cooperstown, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Waterford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95361. It stands on Rydberg Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cooperstown quadrangle.

Cooperstown within Stanislaus County

Then and now

1916 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cooperstown, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Cooperstown, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Cooperstown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,715 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 11 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
Equipment and vehicle use36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism11
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Natural6
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.6 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOOPERSTOWN
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined37 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitROCK
4 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitROCK RIVER
3 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitJ-59 #2
25 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMIXON
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOOPERSTOWN
8 August 1993Smoking1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitDON PEDRO#6
7 August 2003Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOOPERSTOWN #3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stanislaus County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Cooperstown: 5 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Clay, Copper, Diatomite. 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
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomitePast Producer
MitchellGold, Silver, Copper, ZincOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Sphalerite
MitchellGold, Copper, Silver, ZincProspect
QuarryStoneUnknown
Reported OccurenceChromiumOccurrence
OlsenGold, CopperProducer
PeckGold, CopperUnknown
Clay PitClayOccurrence
Clay PitClayOccurrence
Cooperstown DepositsClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Stanislaus 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
Warnerville2.9 miles14
La Grange7.0 miles32
Paulsell7.9 miles14
Knights Ferry8.6 miles19
Orange Blossom10.3 miles19
Arnold (historical)10.5 miles19
Waterford13.4 miles16
Hickman13.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1655918. 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.