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Dodge Place, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Paradise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95942. The Survey maps it on the Cohasset quadrangle. It stands 1,873 feet above sea level.

Dodge Place within Butte County

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dodge Place, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Dodge Place, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

303 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 303 fires within 5 miles of Dodge Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,717 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 44 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/undetermined78
Debris and open burning76
Equipment and vehicle use45
Arson/incendiarism44
Natural26
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking5

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 2002Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresNorthern California DistrictNIMSHEW
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictRAMBLING
8 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNorthern California DistrictSTEIFFER
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitCOHASSET
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitCINDY 1
30 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitCOHASSET
3 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorthern California District32 IC
3 September 1995Smokingunder an acreButte UnitVOSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 58 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Dodge Place: 22 past producers, 20 unknowns, 13 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Anti-Axis ClaimChromiumPast ProducerChromite
Anti-Axis ClaimChromium, IronPast Producer1942, 1943
Mickey DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Wyoming MineGold, CopperPast ProducerGold, Limonite
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sloat PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
BankerGold, SilverPast Producer
Blue JayGold, SilverPast Producer
Golden Feather GroupGold, SilverPast Producer
KuhnerGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Butte 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
Forest Ranch1.5 miles27
Cohasset3.1 miles27
De Sabla4.1 miles24
DeSabla4.6 miles24
Toadtown4.8 miles25
Nimshew5.2 miles24
Lovelock5.5 miles25
Powellton5.9 miles25

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 Q5287880The 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 1666441. 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.