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Felix, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Angels City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95228. It stands on Salt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salt Spring Valley quadrangle. It stands 1,115 feet above sea level.

Felix within Calaveras County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Felix, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Felix, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

134 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Felix between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,894 acres in total. 7 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
Equipment and vehicle use52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Debris and open burning17
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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 2009Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitJAQUIMA
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined84 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitSALT/2-2
5 September 2012Natural8.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitALTAVILLE LCA 2
5 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitJAQUIMA
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitBRITCHEN
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use30 acresCentral California DistrictPOOL
30 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMC KEON
3 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.6 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitBUCKBOARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 119 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 119 workings within 5 miles of Felix: 42 occurrences, 34 past producers, 32 unknowns, 6 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Copper, Manganese. 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
Belt of SlateSlate, DimensionOccurrence
Big SevenGold, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
DepositLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Donner & CallahanCopper, Lead, Silver, ZincProspect
Donner MineGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerUnderground
Keystone UnionCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Mountain KingGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGold
NassauCopper, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
NassauCopper, Gold, Silver, ZincUnknown
North KeystoneCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerUnderground

Every working recorded in Calaveras County

Storms near this place

3 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Felix in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2023: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
January 2023Thunderstorm WindFelix-There was a gust of 59 mph measured at 6NNW Hodson.
January 2023Tornado (EF1)Felix-A brief EF-1 tornado touched down near a small reservoir and Hogan Dam Road and continued NE for approximately 0.4 miles. It caused extensive tree damage to white oak and pine trees with trees uprooted and topped. The approximate path length was 0.4 miles with a path width of 50 yards and max winds of 90 mph.
April 2020FloodFelix-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at State Route 4 and Pool Station Road.

Every storm recorded in Calaveras 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
Carmen City1.9 miles27
Hodson (historical)2.7 miles21
Lost City4.4 miles27
Copperopolis5.1 miles21
Copper Cove Village6.4 miles21
Telegraph City6.6 miles21
Milton7.2 miles30
Fourth Crossing8.3 miles28

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.

Wikipedia article on FelixAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5442108The 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 1658531. 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.