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Fuchs, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Arnold-West Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95248. It lies near Fort Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Fort Mountain quadrangle. It stands 2,467 feet above sea level.

Fuchs 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 Fuchs, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Fuchs, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

234 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Fuchs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,858 acres in total. 16 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 burning81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Equipment and vehicle use43
Natural16
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
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 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 29
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitTAYLOR
6 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitSEARCY
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSIERRA OAKS DR RAILROAD_
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitSIMPSON
3 September 1993Smoking15 acresCentral California DistrictCANYON
3 September 1993Recreation and ceremony13 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCANYON
28 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHUCKLEBERRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 239 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 239 workings within 5 miles of Fuchs: 107 past producers, 79 occurrences, 43 unknowns, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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
Black Wonder MineGold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Sphalerite
Blazing StarGold, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrrhotite
Fine GoldGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Forest CreekGold, Lead, Copper, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Golden Shearer MineGold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
HeckendormGold, Silver, Copper, AntimonyPast ProducerGold
Late PropertyChromiumProducerChromite
MoleGold, SilverPast Producer
Silver MountainGold, QuartzOccurrence
Silver MountainGold, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

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
Sandoz1.4 miles26
Hams1.9 miles26
Rail Road Flat3.0 miles30
Independence3.1 miles30
Porter3.6 miles29
Wilseyville3.8 miles28
Lynn Park Acres4.2 miles28
Bummerville4.6 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.

Wikidata item Q5506925The 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 1655204. 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.