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Deer View, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. It stands on Texas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Slate Mountain quadrangle. It stands 3,323 feet above sea level.

Deer View within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 85 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 View, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Deer View, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 31 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

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Deer View between 1992 and 2018, burning about 98,774 acres in total. 33 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
Debris and open burning38
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony16
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
8 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestMACE
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestSAND
3 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitFOREBAY
26 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitMOSQUITO
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestWHALER
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National ForestPOHO
15 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use31 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitBUCKBOARD
13 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined97,717 acresEldorado National ForestKING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Deer View: 22 occurrences, 11 unknowns, 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Uranium. 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
R. S. T. ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
R.S.T. ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Slate Mountain MineGold, UraniumUnknown
Ajax Consolidated MinesTungstenProspect
Bear CreekTungsten, GoldPast ProducerVein
Comeback Consolidatedbear CreekTungstenOccurrence1930
SummersTungstenUnknown
Tungo MineTungstenProducer
Badger HillGoldOccurrence
Bret HarteGoldPast ProducerGold

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
Soapweed0.6 miles31
Fairbanks1.6 miles31
Old Pino2.1 miles31
Claussenius2.9 miles31
Pino Grande2.9 miles31
Mosquito (historical)4.7 miles31
Quintette5.1 miles34
Cedar Grove6.8 miles33

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 Q5250850The 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 1658393. 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.