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Darlington, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the South El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95726. It stands on West Fork Plum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Old Iron Mountain quadrangle. It stands 4,196 feet above sea level.

Darlington within El Dorado County

Then and now

1889 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Darlington, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Darlington, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 34 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

172 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Darlington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27,081 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined43
Natural33
Recreation and ceremony32
Equipment and vehicle use22
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism14
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresEldorado National ForestSNOW
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresEldorado National ForestMORMON 2
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named
7 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestSECOND
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresEldorado National ForestSNOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Darlington: 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Plum Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Robert LeeGoldOccurrenceGold
UnknownGoldOccurrenceGold
Unnamed Hydraulic MineGoldUnknown
UnknownStoneOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryStoneUnknown
Unnamed QuarryStoneUnknown
Unnamed QuarryStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in El Dorado 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
Griminger0.8 miles34
White Hall3.2 miles32
Riverton3.8 miles32
Pilliken3.9 miles28
Bryants4.0 miles34
Morrison4.3 miles28
Bonetti4.7 miles34
Voss5.0 miles34

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 Q5223961The 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 1658376. 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.