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Ewing, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95648. It stands on Doty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln quadrangle.

Ewing within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ewing, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Ewing, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 29 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

533 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 533 fires within 5 miles of Ewing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,663 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 49 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/undetermined222
Equipment and vehicle use172
Arson/incendiarism49
Debris and open burning42
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural1
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIOSA
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitWALTZ #2
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitKARCHNER
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitWALTZ #1
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCAMP FAR WEST
7 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitS.P.R.R.
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMOORE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Ewing: 14 past producers, 11 producers, 6 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Clay, Zirconium, Silica. 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
Ferrari PropertyGold, SilverPast Producer
Hotaling Iron MineIronPast Producer
Lincoln (Garden Bar)Gold, Platinum, SilverPast ProducerStream placer
Lincoln Clay MineKaolinProducer
Quarries Active 1893-4 Near LincolnGraniteProducer
Reported OccurrenceSilicaOccurrenceSand
Reported OccurrenceSilicaOccurrenceSand
Reported OccurrenceZirconiumProducer
Unnamed LocationZirconiumProducer
Unnamed LocationZirconiumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Placer 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
Clayton2.5 miles29
Sheridan3.6 miles28
Lincoln4.0 miles29
Kilaga Springs5.8 miles27
Whitney7.1 miles29
Virginiatown7.3 miles27
Placer One7.9 miles29
Bickford Ranch8.5 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 223303. 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.