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Greekstore, 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 Peavine Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Greek Store quadrangle. It stands 5,623 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.

Greekstore 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 Greekstore (historical), surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Greekstore (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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Greekstore (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 16,844 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural32
Recreation and ceremony13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
29 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTahoe National ForestSPRUCE
25 September 1994Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestBARNEY
20 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestBALLOON
20 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestWESTERN
19 September 1994Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestSEQUOIA
18 September 1992Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestCAVANAH
17 September 1992Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestFLIGHT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 88 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 88 workings within 5 miles of Greekstore (historical): 36 unknowns, 30 past producers, 12 occurrences, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Matthews DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
El Dorado Cash RockGold, SilverPast Producer
GrizzlySilver, GoldProducer
GrizzlySilver, GoldPast Producer
American HillGoldPast Producer
B and VGoldPast Producer
Bald MountainGoldPast Producer
Bald MountainGoldPast Producer
Beaman Ledge MineGoldUnknown
Belle Verne ProspectGoldUnknown

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
Goggins (historical)3.5 miles29
Goggins3.7 miles29
Last Chance4.2 miles29
Flat Ravine (historical)4.5 miles33
Ramsey Crossing5.4 miles34
Gilberts6.4 miles33
Zuver7.4 miles34
Secret Canyon (historical)7.8 miles33

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 Q5602119The 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 1662400. 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.