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Deer Creek Park, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Grass Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95959. It lies near Banner Mountain. The Survey maps it on the North Bloomfield quadrangle.

Deer Creek Park within Nevada County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Deer Creek Park, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Deer Creek Park, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 33 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

467 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 467 fires within 5 miles of Deer Creek Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 827 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined173
Debris and open burning127
Equipment and vehicle use71
Recreation and ceremony22
Arson/incendiarism20
Smoking18
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Natural9
Other causes3
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unit5 MILE
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPASQUALE
7 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTahoe National ForestBANNER 2
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTahoe National ForestGRAVE
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSCOTT
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionTUMBLING
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTahoe National ForestCONSERVATION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 448 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 448 workings within 5 miles of Deer Creek Park: 183 past producers, 169 occurrences, 89 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc. 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
Banner and CentralGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, TungstenPast ProducerGold
Canada HillGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic, TinPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Champion Con QtzGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerUnderground
Federal Loan & ConsolsGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gold HillGold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
HusseyCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer
MountaineerGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
MurchieGold, Lead, Copper, Silver, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Murchie MineGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
NationalGold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast ProducerGold

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Crystal Springs (historical)1.5 miles33
Cascade Shores2.0 miles33
Willow Valley2.1 miles33
Quaker Hill (historical)2.2 miles33
Hunts Hill (historical)2.3 miles36
Scotts Flat2.5 miles33
Forest Knolls3.4 miles28
Nevada City3.7 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1682870. 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.