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Gateway, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Donner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96161. It stands on Donner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Truckee quadrangle. It stands 5,948 feet above sea level.

Gateway within Nevada County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gateway, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Gateway, surveyed 1891

On record in Gateway

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 36 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

239 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Gateway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 282 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined68
Recreation and ceremony66
Natural30
Equipment and vehicle use28
Debris and open burning14
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitDONNER PASS RD TRUCKEE_F
9 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestSAWTOOTH
9 September 2013Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitAIRPORT
6 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestSAWTOOTH
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHIPPY
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitAIRPLANE
4 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSanta Clara UnitCOE
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestGREY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gateway: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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
Red Rock AggregatesPumiceProducer
Cold Stream PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Martis Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sha-Neva-Plant No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Teichert Aggregates Truckee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Meadow Lake Park0.3 miles36
Truckee1.1 miles36
Armstrong1.7 miles36
Prosser Lake Heights2.1 miles36
Ponderosa Fairway Estates2.1 miles36
Donner Pines Tract2.2 miles36
Olympic Heights2.5 miles36
Prosser Lakeview Estates3.1 miles36

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 Q5527185The 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 1658602. 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.