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Deadwood, California

27 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 near Willow Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Hull Creek quadrangle. It stands 4,793 feet above sea level.

Deadwood 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 Deadwood, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Deadwood, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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 Deadwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 217 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 7 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
Natural35
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 acreStanislaus National ForestDUCKWALL
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestBASIN 3
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestNIAGARA
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestLEWIS
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarism3.4 acresStanislaus National ForestRIVER II
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresStanislaus National ForestSIDE
5 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreStanislaus National ForestBON
3 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStanislaus National ForestCHIPS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Deadwood: 16 occurrences, 7 producers, 7 past producers, 7 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Lead, Barium-Barite. 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
Clavey RiverBarium-BariteOccurrence
Jack Fray RanchManganeseOccurrence
Lucky Strike ClaimGold, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Morning GloryGold, Copper, LeadOccurrence
New MamothLead, ZincOccurrence
RiversideGold, SilverProspect
Sivori and Lucky Strike GroupTungsten, GoldOccurrenceScheelite
UnidentifiedSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
WashingtonGold, CopperProspect
Casa MaderaGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold

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
High Sierra Park5.8 miles30
Confidence5.8 miles30
Sierra Village5.8 miles30
Tall Timber Camp5.9 miles30
Mi-Wuk Village5.9 miles30
Sylvan Lodge6.1 miles30
Sugarpine6.2 miles30
Camp Earnest6.3 miles30

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 Q5245736The 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 259144. 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.