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Eagleville, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Yuba Foothills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95981. It lies near Rich Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Strawberry Valley quadrangle. It stands 3,757 feet above sea level.

Eagleville within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eagleville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Eagleville, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Eagleville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 668 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 4 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
Natural28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresPlumas National ForestJACK
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestAMERICAN
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePlumas National ForestSAWDUST
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestOAK
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestLOST
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestLEWIS
26 September 2013Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestSTRAWBERRY
25 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresPlumas National ForestFOREST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 81 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 81 workings within 5 miles of Eagleville: 41 occurrences, 16 past producers, 14 unknowns, 6 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Chromium, Iron. 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
Bean ProspectManganese, AsbestosOccurrence
Brandy City MineChromium, MagnesiteProducer1917
Diamond SpringsNickelUnknown
Eagle DelleGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Eagle DelleCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Magruder ProspectsClayUnknown
OversightGold, SilverPast Producer
Suzy Bell MineChromium, IronPast Producer1915, 1916
Unnamed LocationLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Sailor Boy DiggingsGold, PlatinumProducer1855

Every working recorded in Yuba 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
North Star1.1 miles27
Strawberry Valley1.2 miles27
Oak Valley6.4 miles27
Woodleaf6.6 miles29
Youngs Hill (historical)7.2 miles27
Weeds Point7.5 miles27
Galena Hill (historical)7.6 miles27
Mount Hope House (historical)7.7 miles29

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 Q5325407The 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 1658454. 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.