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Goldtree, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the San Luis Obispo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93405. It lies near Bishop Peak. The Survey maps it on the San Luis Obispo quadrangle.

Goldtree within San Luis Obispo County

Then and now

1897 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Goldtree, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Goldtree, surveyed 1897

Compare 1897 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 31 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

298 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Goldtree between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,912 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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
Equipment and vehicle use128
Missing data/not specified/undetermined127
Debris and open burning11
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Firearms and explosives use2
Natural1

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 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitSTENNER
8 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitSLU 3071
5 September 2014Smokingunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitOCONNOR WAY /W FOOTHILL B
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitCUESTA
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitSLU-3023
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitOSOS
30 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitGRADE
29 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitRESERVOIR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Luis Obispo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 92 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 92 workings within 5 miles of Goldtree: 40 past producers, 18 producers, 16 prospects, 14 occurrences. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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
Estrella MineChromium, Iridium, Platinum, Palladium, Ruthenium, RhodiumPast ProducerChromite
Lee QuarryStoneProducer
New London MineChromium, IronPast Producer1882, 1883
Questa ProspectChromium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, RhodiumOccurrenceChromite
Seeley GroupIron, ChromiumPast Producer1880
Outpost Nos. 1 & 2 ClaimsChromium, IronProspect1880
Pick and Shovel MineChromium, IronPast Producer1880
San Luis ObispoNickelOccurrence
San Luis Obispo NickelNickelOccurrence1955
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Luis Obispo 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
Chorro0.4 miles31
Serrano1.7 miles31
Thyle2.9 miles31
San Luis Obispo3.0 miles31
Santa Margarita6.1 miles27
Garden Farms7.8 miles27
Los Osos8.0 miles36
Baywood Park8.1 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 Q122570664The 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 1660686. 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.