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Fourth Crossing, California

28 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 95249. It lies near Dutch Ed Gulch. The Survey maps it on the San Andreas quadrangle. It stands 922 feet above sea level.

Fourth Crossing 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 Fourth Crossing, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Fourth Crossing, surveyed 1889

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

262 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Fourth Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,171 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 21 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 use97
Missing data/not specified/undetermined79
Debris and open burning39
Arson/incendiarism21
Natural12
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes1
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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMHP OAK SHADOWS MHP CALAV
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIATA
9 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitJAQUIMA
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictHWY 49 9
7 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor63 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitFRECCERO
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMILLS
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitQUAIL OAKS
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCEMENT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 289 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 289 workings within 5 miles of Fourth Crossing: 118 occurrences, 75 unknowns, 74 past producers, 21 producers. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
AltavilleGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Calaveras Shale QuarryCalciumProducer
FordGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerSurface/Underground
San Andreas Cement PlantLimestone, General, ClayProducer
Hertzig Marble Quarry Quarry No. 1Marble, DimensionOccurrenceMetamorphic
Rathgeb MineGold, UraniumUnknown
Treat Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Union Cordova & RathgerGold, Silver, UraniumPast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Uraninite
Bund ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Bund ProspectCopperUnknown

Every working recorded in Calaveras County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fourth Crossing in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 flood. 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
February 2025FloodFourth Crossing-CHP reporting northbound lane of Highway 49 flooded just south of San Domingo Creek from heavy rain.
February 2019FloodFourth Crossing-Caltrans reported flooding on pool station road at 9am with the road closing at 9:30am. at 12:05 pm new reports came in that pool station bridge near riata is washed away and that warning signs were put up. Multiple vehicles were still trying to get through.

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
Calaveritas2.3 miles28
Oak Park Estates4.2 miles28
Altaville5.1 miles29
San Andreas5.1 miles28
Carmen City6.5 miles27
Angels Camp6.7 miles29
Lost City6.8 miles27
La Honda Park7.4 miles37

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 Fourth CrossingAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5476057The 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 252678. 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.