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Fisher Place, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the San Andreas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95246. It stands on Bassella Creek. The Survey maps it on the Murphys quadrangle. It stands 2,677 feet above sea level.

Fisher Place within Calaveras County

Then and now

1891 to 2001

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 Fisher Place, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Fisher Place, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

246 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Fisher Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,052 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 8 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
Debris and open burning91
Missing data/not specified/undetermined67
Equipment and vehicle use39
Natural18
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking4
Firearms and explosives use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #43
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unit3-1
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitFAIRWAY
6 September 2004Smoking1.0 acresCentral California DistrictEMIGRANT
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitTURNBO
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unit4-4
5 September 2012Natural1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras Unit4-3
4 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitSWISS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 190 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 190 workings within 5 miles of Fisher Place: 78 occurrences, 61 past producers, 41 unknowns, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Lead, Asbestos. 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
Cave CityStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
DepositsLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
MarjonCobalt, NickelOccurrenceVein
Sheep Ranch MineSilver, Gold, Iron, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast Producer1867
Small Prospect MarNiobium (Columbium)Occurrence
Small Prospect Mar JohnCobaltOccurrence
UnknownCement RockOccurrence
Great Western Or Right BowerGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Great Western and RigGold, LeadOccurrence
Occurrence MountainAsbestosOccurrence

Every working 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
Sheep Ranch1.9 miles34
Fort Jones2.3 miles26
Timber Trails3.8 miles34
Indian Creek3.8 miles34
Cave City3.8 miles28
Lakemont Pines4.2 miles35
Meadowmont4.4 miles35
Ebbetts Pass Highlands4.7 miles35

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 Q5454832The 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 1658541. 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.