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Gold Run, California

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Colfax-Monumental Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95717. It lies near Squires Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Dutch Flat quadrangle. It stands 3,212 feet above sea level.

Gold Run 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 Gold Run, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Gold Run, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 37 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

329 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 329 fires within 5 miles of Gold Run between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,484 acres in total. 23 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/undetermined118
Equipment and vehicle use72
Debris and open burning49
Recreation and ceremony25
Natural23
Arson/incendiarism10
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes1
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
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSECRET
8 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitDUTCH
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1434
7 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictSUCCOR
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral California DistrictPENINSULA
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitALTA
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionROLLINS
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitFOREBAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 277 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 277 workings within 5 miles of Gold Run: 82 unknowns, 79 occurrences, 76 past producers, 40 producers. 40 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Asbestos. 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
Arkansas TravelerGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Big BlueGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Dutch Flat DistrictGold, Platinum, Silver, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Copper, IndiumPast Producer1849
Lincoln Clay Pit and MillClayProducer
Pacific Silica Greenhorn PlantSilicaProducer
Steele PropertyMineral PigmentsOccurrenceMineral Pigments
VictoryGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Beat ClaimChromium, IronPast Producer1917, 1918
North Fork Chrome MineChromium, IronPast Producer1941
Chemical and Pigments Co., Inc.Barium-BariteProducer

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
Monte Vista1.3 miles37
Dutch Flat2.0 miles37
Secret Town2.0 miles36
Alta3.0 miles37
Magra3.1 miles36
Towle3.4 miles37
Casa Loma4.4 miles37
Baxter4.5 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.

Wikipedia article on Gold RunAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5578837The 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 260662. 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.