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Greenville, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Yuba Foothills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95925. It stands on Little Oregon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Challenge quadrangle.

Greenville within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Greenville, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Greenville, surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 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

197 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Greenville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,013 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined68
Equipment and vehicle use41
Debris and open burning34
Natural23
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePlumas National ForestDIGGER
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitFRENCHTOWN
3 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitFULTON
3 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestPIKE
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1889
28 September 2007Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestGARDEN
28 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSUMMIT
27 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use5,745 acresCentral California DistrictWILLIAMS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba 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 Greenville: 18 occurrences, 9 past producers, 7 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Manganese, Copper, Silver, Lead. 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
Arbucco ProspectsClayOccurrence
Dobbins ProspectIronOccurrence
Horse ShoeGold, Copper, Silver, LeadPast ProducerVein
HorseshoeGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
OccurrenceStone, DimensionOccurrence
Clemens DepositManganeseOccurrenceRhodonite
Clemens ProspectManganeseOccurrence1918
Big ChiefGold, SilverPast Producer
Big RockGold, SilverPast Producer
FayGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yuba 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
Bullards Bar (historical)2.3 miles29
Foster Bar (historical)2.5 miles29
Garden Valley (historical)3.8 miles27
Challenge4.3 miles29
Dobbins4.7 miles27
Sharon Valley4.8 miles29
Frenchtown5.3 miles26
Brownsville5.5 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656052. 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.