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Erle, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the East Yuba-Beale AFB census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95903. The Survey maps it on the Wheatland quadrangle. It stands 115 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.

Erle within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Erle (historical), surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Erle (historical), surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Erle (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,707 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use35
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitKAPAKA
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCAMP
4 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitWALDO
4 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitDAMON
27 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCAMP FAR WEST RD / WINTUN
24 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPG&E
22 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use96 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitWALDO
21 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitWALDO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Erle (historical): 3 occurrences, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Clay. 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
Durst RanchClayOccurrence
Copper CrescentCopperOccurrence
Copper CrescentCopperOccurrence
Albion KingGoldUnknown
Lone TreeGoldUnknown
WhitneyGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Yuba 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
Waldo Junction4.6 miles28
Horstville5.0 miles26
Wheatland6.4 miles26
Marigold (historical)6.5 miles27
Hammonton6.5 miles27
Ostrom6.5 miles24
Dantoni7.8 miles25
Olivehurst8.3 miles24

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 Q5389746The 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 1703543. 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.