BlockBefore

Donner Pines Tract, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Donner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96161. The Survey maps it on the Truckee quadrangle.

Donner Pines Tract 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 Donner Pines Tract, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Donner Pines Tract, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 36 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

213 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Donner Pines Tract between 1992 and 2020, burning about 297 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined65
Recreation and ceremony53
Natural31
Equipment and vehicle use23
Debris and open burning13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitDONNER PASS RD TRUCKEE_F
9 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestSAWTOOTH
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionEDIE
6 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestSAWTOOTH
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionEUER
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHIPPY
4 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSanta Clara UnitCOE
30 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTahoe National ForestALDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Donner Pines Tract: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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
Red Rock AggregatesPumiceProducer
Cold Stream PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sha-Neva-Plant No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Teichert Aggregates Truckee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Armstrong0.5 miles36
Lakeview0.9 miles33
Meadow Lake Park1.9 miles36
Donner Lake Village2.1 miles33
Gateway2.2 miles36
Gelatt2.5 miles33
Donner Woods2.5 miles33
Weeks Tract2.9 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 Q122569106The 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 1682877. 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.