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Dean Place, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sutter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95953. It lies near Huff Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sutter Buttes quadrangle.

Dean Place within Sutter County

Then and now

1888 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dean Place, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Dean Place, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

17 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Dean Place between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,585 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined11
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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
26 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
1 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
31 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitBUTTE FIRE
27 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use112 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSOUTHRIDGE
24 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
21 June 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
11 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use10 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHAMMONTON SMARTSVILLE RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sutter County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Dean Place: 5 producers, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Butte Rock North PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
John Nugent PlacerGoldUnknown
North Fork American RiverGoldUnknown
Butte Ranch Borrow SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morehead Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pennington QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sutter Buttes QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sutter 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
Mount Vernon3.7 miles25
Butte House (historical)4.5 miles23
Sutter4.6 miles25
Pennington4.7 miles24
Stafford (historical)6.3 miles23
Encinal6.4 miles23
Mendoza (historical)6.4 miles23
Sanders6.5 miles23

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 Q122563175The 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 1658384. 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.