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Edmanton, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Quincy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95956. It stands on East Branch Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meadow Valley quadrangle. It stands 4,741 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Edmanton within Plumas 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 Edmanton (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Edmanton (historical), surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Edmanton (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,972 acres in total. 31 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
Natural31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning9
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
5 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePlumas National ForestVALLEY
26 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestHUNTER
26 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestRIGHT HAND
22 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePlumas National ForestLOWELL
21 September 2017Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestBURTON
19 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestPLEASEANT
19 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined307 acresPlumas National ForestSILVER
18 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePlumas National ForestSCHNEIDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Edmanton (historical): 26 occurrences, 12 past producers, 10 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Manganese, Nickel. 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
Buck Lake Job Coffee Creek S and GSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Diadem Lode DepositGold, Iron, Manganese, SilicaProspect
Lahonda MineUraniumOccurrence
S R Weeks ClaimIronOccurrence
Unnamed LocationTitanium, ZirconiumOccurrence
Unnamed LocationQuartzOccurrence
AlbionGold, SilverPast Producer
Pine LeafGold, SilverPast Producer
Stag PointGold, SilverPast Producer
Meadow ValeyNickelUnknown

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
Meadow Valley3.0 miles23
Silver Creek (historical)3.4 miles23
Bucks Lodge4.1 miles24
Spanish Ranch4.2 miles23
Paulson Place4.5 miles23
Bucks Lake4.7 miles23
China Gulch (historical)7.0 miles23
Virgilia8.0 miles25

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 Q5338796The 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 1723906. 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.