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Enterprise, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Sutter Creek-Plymouth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95669. It stands on Pigeon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fiddletown quadrangle. It stands 876 feet above sea level.

Enterprise within Amador County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Enterprise, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Enterprise, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

202 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Enterprise between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,313 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 19 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
Equipment and vehicle use62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Debris and open burning44
Arson/incendiarism19
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Smoking2

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIDGE
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresCentral California District49
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitQUARTZ
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictSAND
6 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSHENANDOAH
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitFIDDLETOWN #4
3 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitFIDDLETOWN
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1303

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Amador County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 267 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 267 workings within 5 miles of Enterprise: 142 occurrences, 62 past producers, 32 unknowns, 24 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, 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
Amador StarGold, SilverPast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Silver
Del Porto MarbleLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Grelich Ranch Grelich RanchLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Indian GulchAbrasiveOccurrence
Monarch - Sugar LoafGold, Copper, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
New HopeGold, ArsenicOccurrenceGold
Plymouth ConsolidatedGold, CopperPast Producer1852
Rising StarGold, LeadPast Producer
SimonsIronOccurrence
UnknownQuartzOccurrence

Every working recorded in Amador 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
Plymouth4.0 miles30
Pokerville (historical)4.2 miles30
Fiddletown5.5 miles33
River Pines5.5 miles30
Drytown6.9 miles30
New Chicago7.1 miles30
Lower Rancheria (historical)7.2 miles30
Bunker Hill7.9 miles30

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.

Wikipedia article on EnterpriseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5380258The 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 1655999. 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.