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Copper Cove Village, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Angels City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95228. It stands on Penny Creek. The Survey maps it on the Copperopolis quadrangle. It stands 873 feet above sea level.

Copper Cove Village within Calaveras 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 Copper Cove Village, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Copper Cove Village, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

320 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 320 fires within 5 miles of Copper Cove Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,764 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 12 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 use127
Missing data/not specified/undetermined95
Debris and open burning38
Smoking12
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony3
Firearms and explosives use2
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 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 15
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitWOOSTER
6 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitQUAIL
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitBRITCHEN
3 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.6 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitBUCKBOARD
29 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOPPER #2
29 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOPPER #1
26 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictHATLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 149 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 149 workings within 5 miles of Copper Cove Village: 51 past producers, 39 occurrences, 34 unknowns, 19 producers. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Chromium, Asbestos. 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
Big SevenGold, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Copperopolis AreaNickel, CobaltOccurrence1954
DepositLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Donner MineGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerUnderground
Keystone UnionCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Keystone-UnionCopper, Silver, GoldProducerReplacement
Melones & MorganGold, BismuthOccurrence
Mountain KingGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGold
North KeystoneCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Pioneer MineGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerGold, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Calaveras 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
Copperopolis1.5 miles21
Hodson (historical)3.7 miles21
The Shores of Poker Flat4.8 miles20
Telegraph City5.8 miles21
Felix6.4 miles27
Carmen City6.7 miles27
Melones8.1 miles37
Carson Hill8.3 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.

Wikidata item Q5168718The 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 1804961. 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.