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Elvas, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sacramento census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95819. It stands on Chicken Ranch Slough. The Survey maps it on the Sacramento East quadrangle.

Elvas within Sacramento 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 Elvas, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Elvas, surveyed 1891

On record in Elvas

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

246 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Elvas between 2005 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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/undetermined190
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking5
Debris and open burning1
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
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarism20 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2009Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2010Missing 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 Sacramento County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Elvas: 20 past producers, 9 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Del Paso Rock Products Co.Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harrison FaitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Harrison FaitClayPast Producer
Brighton Sand and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast ProducerSedimentary
Brighton Sand and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer
Del Paso Rock Products Co.Gold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Perkins PitSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldOccurrence
Sacramento Gold PlacerGoldOccurrence
Teichert AggregatesSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast ProducerSedimentary
American River DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sacramento County

Storms near this place

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elvas in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 4 flood. 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
February 2024FloodElvas-California Highway Patrol reports flooding in westbound lanes and #2 lane completely flooded.
December 2022FloodElvas-Multiple reports of roadways closed due to roadway flooding and vehicles stalling in water in Sacramento County since the morning.
March 2017FloodElvas-CHP reported roadway flooding at Fulton Ave and Arden Way, Sacramento.
March 2017FloodElvas-Roadway flooding reported by CHP at Exposition and Response Rd., Sacramento.

Every storm recorded in Sacramento 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
East Sacramento1.0 miles32
Swanston1.6 miles32
North Sacramento1.6 miles32
Gardenland2.4 miles32
Sacramento2.4 miles32
Oak Park2.5 miles32
Highland Park2.8 miles32
Brighton2.9 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658495. 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.