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Fairway Acres, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sonora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95327. It stands on Sonora Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sonora quadrangle.

Fairway Acres within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1893 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fairway Acres, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Fairway Acres, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

907 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 907 fires within 5 miles of Fairway Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,813 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 51 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/undetermined369
Equipment and vehicle use190
Debris and open burning143
Misuse of fire by a minor66
Arson/incendiarism51
Smoking31
Natural24
Power generation/transmission/distribution21
Recreation and ceremony6
Other causes3
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMONO
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING#21
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING#37
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTING 24
9 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOX
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitFERENCZY
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCAMPBELL
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitRAWHIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 385 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 385 workings within 5 miles of Fairway Acres: 156 unknowns, 98 past producers, 63 producers, 53 occurrences. 64 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, Gold, 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
B Brown We Finch Ad HunterTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Bell Columbia Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Ft Lillard ClaimsCopper, IronProspect
Hard To FindGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Jamestown S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kahl RanchChromium, CopperOccurrence
Mackey MineChromium, IronPast Producer1860, 1908
Mackey RanchCopper, Gold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
NorwegianGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, MercuryPast ProducerBornite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Quigg MineIron, ChromiumPast Producer1908

Every working recorded in Tuolumne 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
Volponi Acres0.2 miles28
Peppermint Creek1.3 miles28
Jamestown1.4 miles28
Gibbs Ranch1.4 miles28
Sonora Knolls1.6 miles28
Mother Lode West1.6 miles28
Sonora1.6 miles28
Cuesta Serena1.7 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1785555. 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.