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Franciscan Village, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95762. It stands on Green Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clarksville quadrangle. It stands 722 feet above sea level.

Franciscan Village within El Dorado 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 Franciscan Village, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Franciscan Village, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

754 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 754 fires within 5 miles of Franciscan Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,822 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined300
Equipment and vehicle use234
Debris and open burning64
Misuse of fire by a minor54
Arson/incendiarism49
Smoking23
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural6
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionNEUMANN
9 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minor4.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitLAKE
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitGREEN
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBASS
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unit50
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitSCOTT
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitBASS
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 84 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 84 workings within 5 miles of Franciscan Village: 31 occurrences, 26 past producers, 15 unknowns, 7 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Iron. 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
Big BuzzardCopper, Gold, Zinc, Silver, LeadPast ProducerVein
Big Buzzard Hercules, DarringtonCopper, Gold, ZincPast Producer
Darrington RanchCopper, Gold, ZincProspect
Pilot KnobSilver, GoldOccurrence
SteeleIron, ChromiumPast Producer1914
Folsom PrisonGraniteProducer
Folsom PrisonGranitePast Producer
Darrington MineChromium, IronPast Producer1914
Joerger MineChromium, IronPast Producer1918
Walker MineChromium, IronPast Producer1917

Every working recorded in El Dorado 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
Oak Tree Village0.3 miles29
Highland Village0.5 miles29
Hidden Valley0.5 miles29
Oak Creek Hills0.6 miles29
Green Valley Acres0.6 miles29
Saint Andrews Village0.7 miles29
Marina Village0.7 miles29
Winterhaven Village0.8 miles29

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 Franciscan VillageAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5483036The 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 1733903. 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.