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Eugene, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Oakdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95230. The Survey maps it on the Bachelor Valley quadrangle.

Eugene within Stanislaus County

Then and now

1916 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eugene, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Eugene, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

244 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Eugene between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,199 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined112
Equipment and vehicle use76
Recreation and ceremony19
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Fireworks1

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 2011Natural1,122 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMILTON
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHWY 4 #2
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHWY 4 #1
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMILTON
6 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use7.5 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMILTON
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitWOODWARD
4 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitF#672 STEWARD
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unit28

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stanislaus County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Eugene: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Los Banos PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Stanislaus County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eugene in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 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
December 2022FloodEugene-Milton Road was closed for flooding. Vehicles were reported driving around the barricade.

Every storm recorded in Stanislaus 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
Valley Home5.6 miles17
Adela7.3 miles15
East Oakdale7.6 miles15
Oakdale8.7 miles15
Orange Blossom8.9 miles19
Knights Ferry10.6 miles19
Arnold (historical)10.6 miles19
Riverbank11.8 miles17

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 Q5406991The 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 252674. 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.