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Goggins, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Foresthill-Back Country census division. It lies near Ralston Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Greek Store quadrangle. It stands 4,459 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.

Goggins within Placer 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 Goggins (historical), surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Goggins (historical), surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 29 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Goggins (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,981 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 2 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
Natural34
Recreation and ceremony16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreTahoe National Forest96
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestBAR
29 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTahoe National ForestSPRUCE
29 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestGEE
25 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresEldorado National ForestBUNKER
25 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use3.7 acresEldorado National ForestDESERT
24 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestLONG
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestWALLACE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Goggins (historical): 13 unknowns, 8 past producers, 7 occurrences, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold. 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 Bar Placer MineGoldOccurrence
Big Bar ProspectGoldOccurrence
Big Gold BarGoldUnknown
Blue Eyes ProspectGoldOccurrence
Carter, Wallace and AugustineGoldPast ProducerGold
Dixie QueenGoldProducer
Dixie QueenGoldPast Producer
GogginsGoldProducer
GogginsGoldPast Producer
Haney ConsGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Placer 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
Goggins0.1 miles29
Gilberts2.9 miles33
Greekstore (historical)3.5 miles29
Ramsey Crossing3.9 miles34
McCulloh6.1 miles34
Flat Ravine (historical)6.4 miles33
Zuver6.7 miles34
Last Chance7.8 miles29

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 Q5577354The 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 1701163. 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.