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East Arboga, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Olivehurst census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95961. It stands on Reeds Creek. The Survey maps it on the Olivehurst quadrangle. It stands 56 feet above sea level.

East Arboga within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of East Arboga, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of East Arboga, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

185 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of East Arboga between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,045 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined129
Debris and open burning16
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking10
Arson/incendiarism2

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 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2009Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of East Arboga: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Marilyn DredgeGold, SilverPast Producer
Speckert PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Arboga0.4 miles24
Pearson1.4 miles24
Ostrom2.3 miles24
Plumas Lake2.5 miles24
Olivehurst2.7 miles24
Alicia3.5 miles24
Yuba (historical)4.4 miles24
West Linda4.5 miles24

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 Q5327718The 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 1658455. 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.