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Douds Landing, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Arnold-West Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95224. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stanislaus quadrangle. It stands 3,517 feet above sea level.

Douds Landing within Calaveras County

Then and now

1891 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Douds Landing, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Douds Landing, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 35 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

266 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Douds Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,266 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 10 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 burning107
Missing data/not specified/undetermined80
Natural23
Equipment and vehicle use20
Recreation and ceremony18
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #36
9 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #43
9 September 1999Natural2.0 acresStanislaus National ForestGRISWOLD
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresStanislaus National ForestMCKAYS
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #38
8 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitAVERY
8 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitSPRINGS
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresStanislaus National ForestPINES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Douds Landing: 5 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Silver, Copper, Chromium. 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
Cuds Chrome ClaimChromiumOccurrence
Lava PointStoneProducer
Lava PointStoneUnknown
TexGold, Silver, CopperProducer
TexGold, Silver, CopperUnknown
AmazonGoldOccurrence
CanaraGoldPast ProducerGold
CanaraGoldOccurrence
El Capitan Placer MineGoldOccurrence
UnamedGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Calaveras 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
Fly-In Acres1.5 miles35
Pinebrook2.0 miles35
Canyon View2.2 miles35
Ebbetts Pass Highlands2.4 miles35
Avery2.4 miles35
McKay2.5 miles35
Hathaway Pines2.6 miles35
Hathaways Mountain Pines2.6 miles35

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 Q5300219The 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 1658431. 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.