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Garden Valley, 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 95922. It lies in Garden Valley. The Survey maps it on the Camptonville quadrangle. It stands 1,909 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.

Garden Valley 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 Garden Valley (historical), surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Garden Valley (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

236 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 236 fires within 5 miles of Garden Valley (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,400 acres in total. 20 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined71
Debris and open burning60
Equipment and vehicle use40
Natural20
Smoking12
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes4

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 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBYRON
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictSWEET
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitGOLD COUNTRY MHP NORTH_SA
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 2009
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2012Smokingunder an acreTahoe National ForestMARYSVILLE
3 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitFULTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Garden Valley (historical): 19 past producers, 18 occurrences, 11 unknowns, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Molybdenum, Gold, 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
Fern LeafMolybdenum, Arsenic, GoldOccurrenceVein
Fern LeafMolybdenum, Arsenic, GoldUnknown
Galena HillAsbestosOccurrence
IronriteClayOccurrence
Ironrite ClaimChromiumPast Producer1942
OccurrenceStone, DimensionOccurrence
Fern LeafArsenic, Molybdenum, GoldOccurrenceVein
Fern LeafArsenic, Molybdenum, GoldOccurrenceVein
Tri-MeSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldUnknown
Willow Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Foster Bar (historical)1.3 miles29
Bullards Bar (historical)2.0 miles29
Camptonville3.2 miles27
Youngs Hill (historical)3.5 miles27
Galena Hill (historical)3.8 miles27
Greenville3.8 miles29
Weeds Point4.2 miles27
Oak Valley5.7 miles27

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 Q5522348The 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 1703491. 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.