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.
Then and now
1916 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1916 USGS Copperopolis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Copperopolis quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Copperopolis quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Copperopolis quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Copperopolis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
320 since 1992Regional 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 use | 127 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 95 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING 15 |
| 7 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | WOOSTER |
| 6 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | QUAIL |
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | BRITCHEN |
| 3 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.6 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | BUCKBOARD |
| 29 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | COPPER #2 |
| 29 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | COPPER #1 |
| 26 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central California District | HATLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 149 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Seven | Gold, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Copperopolis Area | Nickel, Cobalt | Occurrence | 1954 | |
| Deposit | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Donner Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Keystone Union | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Keystone-Union | Copper, Silver, Gold | Producer | Replacement | |
| Melones & Morgan | Gold, Bismuth | Occurrence | ||
| Mountain King | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Gold | |
| North Keystone | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Pioneer Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copperopolis | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Hodson (historical) | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| The Shores of Poker Flat | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Telegraph City | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Felix | 6.4 miles | 27 | |
| Carmen City | 6.7 miles | 27 | |
| Melones | 8.1 miles | 37 | |
| Carson Hill | 8.3 miles | 29 |
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 Q5168718 | The 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.









