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Gibbs Ranch, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sonora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95370. It lies near Dragon Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Sonora quadrangle.

Gibbs Ranch within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1893 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gibbs Ranch, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Gibbs Ranch, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

962 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 962 fires within 5 miles of Gibbs Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,099 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 60 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/undetermined376
Equipment and vehicle use198
Debris and open burning158
Misuse of fire by a minor68
Arson/incendiarism60
Smoking35
Power generation/transmission/distribution27
Natural26
Recreation and ceremony8
Other causes3
Fireworks3

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMONO
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictPARROTS
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING#21
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING#37
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTING 24
9 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOX
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitFERENCZY
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCAMPBELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 421 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 421 workings within 5 miles of Gibbs Ranch: 161 unknowns, 106 past producers, 73 occurrences, 68 producers. 69 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, 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
B Brown We Finch Ad HunterTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Ft Lillard ClaimsCopper, IronProspect
Golden StarGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Hard To FindGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Kahl RanchChromium, CopperOccurrence
Mackey MineChromium, IronPast Producer1860, 1908
NorwegianGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, MercuryPast ProducerBornite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Quigg MineIron, ChromiumPast Producer1908
Reported OccurenceSlate, DimensionOccurrence
Reported OccurenceBerylliumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Tuolumne 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
Rancho Sonora Estates0.4 miles28
Sonora Knolls0.8 miles28
Saratoga Acres1.1 miles37
Sonora1.3 miles28
Shaws Flat1.4 miles37
Cuesta Oaks1.4 miles37
Fairway Acres1.4 miles28
Browns Flat1.5 miles37

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 Q122566271The 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 1785556. 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.