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Frenches Ravine, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Yuba Foothills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95935. It lies near French Ravine. The Survey maps it on the French Corral quadrangle. It stands 531 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Frenches Ravine within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Frenches Ravine (historical), surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Frenches Ravine (historical), surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

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

311 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 311 fires within 5 miles of Frenches Ravine (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,205 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined107
Debris and open burning79
Equipment and vehicle use74
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Natural12
Arson/incendiarism11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitJOHN
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unit1140 TRAILS
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBRIDGEPORT
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.2 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPLEASANT
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitDEL MAR
7 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitGIMENEZ
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitRICES IC
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictPEAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 67 workings within 5 miles of Frenches Ravine (historical): 25 past producers, 24 occurrences, 11 unknowns, 6 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten. 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 BendCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrence
BossGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast ProducerVein
Boss Con Qtz.Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGold
Boss MineCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
CadmusGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerUnderground
French Corral DistrictGold, Platinum, Silver, DiamondPast Producer1850
Mammoth Gold CopperCopper, GoldOccurrenceVein
Newton DepositIronUnknown
Red Ledge ConsGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
South YubaGold, CopperPast ProducerGold

Every working recorded in Yuba 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
Condemned Bar (historical)0.7 miles27
Dobbins3.5 miles27
Oregon House4.7 miles24
Frenchtown5.4 miles26
Oak Grove (historical)6.4 miles24
Stanfield Hill7.0 miles24
Bullards Bar (historical)7.8 miles29
Rancho Loma Rica8.0 miles24

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 Q5502686The 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 1703489. 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.