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Enterprise, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Feather Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95966. It stands on Powell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Forbestown quadrangle. It stands 902 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.

Enterprise within Butte 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 Enterprise (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Enterprise (historical), surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 27 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

314 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 314 fires within 5 miles of Enterprise (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,978 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined103
Equipment and vehicle use84
Debris and open burning47
Arson/incendiarism36
Natural13
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
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
9 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreButte UnitMERCY
6 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitFORBESTOWN
5 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitFORBESTOWN
5 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitGREEN
30 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.6 acresButte UnitGRAND
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresButte UnitFORBESTOWN
29 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresButte UnitLUMPKIN
29 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitVIVATSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 110 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 110 workings within 5 miles of Enterprise (historical): 50 past producers, 32 unknowns, 26 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper. 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
Bootjack Iron DepositIronProspect
Carlisle MineGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Phoenix MineGold, CopperPast ProducerGold
New OregonGold, LeadUnknown
New Oregon, Forty-NineGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
ArlingtonGold, SilverPast Producer
BulldogGold, SilverPast Producer
DepressionGold, SilverPast Producer
EagleGold, SilverPast Producer
Gamblers LuckGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Butte 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
Craig (historical)1.5 miles29
Hurleton3.0 miles25
South Fork (historical)3.0 miles29
Robinson Mills3.7 miles26
Hawk Ravine (historical)4.3 miles29
Bidwell Bar (historical)4.3 miles29
Old Forbestown4.5 miles27
Forbestown5.3 miles27

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 Enterprise (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5380259The 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 1666778. 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.