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Evergreen Estates, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Grass Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95959. The Survey maps it on the Grass Valley quadrangle.

Evergreen Estates within Nevada County

Then and now

1888 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Evergreen Estates, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Evergreen Estates, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

854 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 854 fires within 5 miles of Evergreen Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,522 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined343
Debris and open burning200
Equipment and vehicle use132
Misuse of fire by a minor50
Smoking41
Arson/incendiarism39
Power generation/transmission/distribution23
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony9
Other causes3

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 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSNMH CRISIS STABILIZATION
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGOLDEN
9 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCentral California DistrictADAMS
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCAREY
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1886
7 September 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHWY 20 / DORSEY DR
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPASQUALE
7 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 1,039 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1,039 workings within 5 miles of Evergreen Estates: 544 past producers, 367 occurrences, 98 unknowns, 16 producers. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Copper, Silver. 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
Berkeley ProspectCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Sulfur, ArsenicPast Producer1904
BrunswickGold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Bullion ConGold, Lead, TungstenPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Scheelite
Canada HillGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic, TinPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Champion Con QtzGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerUnderground
Empire StarGold, Lead, Arsenic, ZincUnknown
Gold HillGold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Grass Valley DistrictTungsten, GoldProducer1915
Green LodeGold, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnknown
HusseyCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Bella Vista Park0.3 miles28
Timber Trails0.4 miles28
Echo Ridge Estates0.4 miles28
Glenbrook0.5 miles28
Echo Ridge Trails0.7 miles28
Town Talk0.8 miles28
Spring Hill0.8 miles28
Olympia Glade0.9 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1682884. 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.