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Elders Corner, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Auburn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95602. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Auburn quadrangle. It stands 1,362 feet above sea level.

Elders Corner within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Elders Corner, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Elders Corner, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 33 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

1,093 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,093 fires within 5 miles of Elders Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,396 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 58 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/undetermined455
Equipment and vehicle use317
Debris and open burning172
Arson/incendiarism58
Smoking28
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Power generation/transmission/distribution19
Natural8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony4

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGERRY
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionEDGEWOOD
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSHAWNEE
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitAUBURN
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitAIRPORT
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMEARS
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitLINE
9 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCEADER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 189 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 189 workings within 5 miles of Elders Corner: 75 past producers, 57 unknowns, 47 occurrences, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, 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
BoothGold, Copper, Silver, LeadOccurrence
Eclipse ConsolidatedGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincUnknown
Eclipse ConsolidatedGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerArgentite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Elder MineCopper, MolybdenumOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gold BlossomGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Golden StagGold, Silver, MolybdenumPast ProducerGold, Molybdenite
HathawayGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrite
Moore MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Nevada Mining Co.Copper, Gold, SilverProspectChalcopyrite, Iron, Malachite
OphirSilver, Copper, GoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Placer 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 Auburn2.0 miles33
Bowman3.0 miles33
Millertown (historical)3.1 miles33
Nielsburg3.6 miles33
Auburn4.3 miles33
Clipper Gap4.5 miles33
Ophir4.7 miles33
Meadow Vista5.2 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 Q5353982The 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 252668. 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.