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Dugan, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the South El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95682. The Survey maps it on the Latrobe quadrangle. It stands 1,135 feet above sea level.

Dugan 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 Dugan, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Dugan, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

604 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 604 fires within 5 miles of Dugan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,083 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 43 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
Equipment and vehicle use227
Missing data/not specified/undetermined206
Debris and open burning77
Arson/incendiarism43
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Smoking13
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Fireworks1
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 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitWYCLIFFE WY EL_DORADO_HI
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unit50
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitRITE
8 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLASSO
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFRENCH
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitROAD
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitTALON
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitBASS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 139 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 139 workings within 5 miles of Dugan: 68 occurrences, 34 unknowns, 31 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, 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
Big Canyon MineGold, SilverPast Producer1880
BrandonChromium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, RhodiumPast Producer1918
BrealaCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Monarch - Sugar LoafGold, Copper, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Murphy MineIron, ChromiumPast Producer1918
Rip and TearCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Sugar LoafGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
BernardMercuryUnknown
Bernard PropertyMercuryPast Producer1860
BrandonSilicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in El Dorado County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dugan in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2020Tornado (EF0)Dugan-A funnel cloud briefly touched down near this location with no damage reported. Location is estimated based on radar. Tornado width is also estimated.

Every storm 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
Bullard0.4 miles32
Shrub0.9 miles32
Brandon Corner1.8 miles32
Brela2.0 miles32
Sprekelsville2.2 miles32
Flonellis2.4 miles32
Latrobe3.4 miles32
Frenchtown3.6 miles32

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 Q5312476The 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 252666. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.