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Dogtown, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Coulterville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95311. It stands on Maxwell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coulterville quadrangle. It stands 2,582 feet above sea level.

Dogtown within Mariposa County

Then and now

1893 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dogtown, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Dogtown, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Dogtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,145 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 23 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 burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism23
Equipment and vehicle use21
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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 acreCentral California DistrictBONEYARD
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitERNST
8 September 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresCentral California DistrictTAYLOR
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitHILDAGO
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBROADWAY COULTERVILLE
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFISKE
30 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreStanislaus National ForestARGO
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestHAMM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mariposa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 257 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 257 workings within 5 miles of Dogtown: 94 past producers, 82 occurrences, 49 unknowns, 22 producers. 22 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Talc-Soapstone. 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
Adelaide and AndersonGold, Lead, CopperPast Producer1867
Asbestos ProspectAsbestosOccurrence
BondurantGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1856
CrystalGold, Mercury, CopperPast ProducerCinnabar, Gold
Crystal MineGold, MercuryPast ProducerCinnabar, Gold
LouisianaGold, Zinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer1862
Red Hill MineGold, CopperOccurrence
Sonora Marble Aggregate QuarryMarble, DimensionUnknown
Sonora Marble Aggregates Co.Stone, DimensionOccurrence
Sonora Marble Aggregates Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProspect

Every working recorded in Mariposa 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
Greeley Hill2.9 miles34
Newtown (historical)3.4 miles34
Coulterville3.8 miles34
Bagby6.2 miles28
Buck Meadows8.3 miles29
Granite Springs8.9 miles28
Bear Valley9.2 miles31
Barrett9.4 miles28

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.

Wikipedia article on DogtownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5288480The 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 1656304. 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.