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Heather Glen, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Colfax-Monumental Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95703. It lies near Hotchkiss Hill. The Survey maps it on the Colfax quadrangle. It stands 2,060 feet above sea level.

Heather Glen within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 1977

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Heather Glen, surveyed 1977
Topographic sheet of Heather Glen, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

552 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 552 fires within 5 miles of Heather Glen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,109 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined203
Equipment and vehicle use140
Debris and open burning113
Arson/incendiarism24
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Smoking14
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes2
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
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitKNOLLS
7 September 1997Smokingunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitROADSIDE
7 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitVOLLEY
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitDRY
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMAGNOLIA
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictMANZANITA
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitGUNSTOCK
4 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitBUZZARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 125 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 125 workings within 5 miles of Heather Glen: 46 past producers, 36 unknowns, 33 occurrences, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Iron. 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
AlamedaGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Bear RiverGold, Arsenic, SilverUnknown
CaseyCopperOccurrence
Colfax MineClayProducer
Fiddlers GreenChromium, IronPast Producer1917
Meadow Vista QuarryStonePast Producer
UnnamedGold, Silver, ArsenicPast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
ElderMolybdenum, CopperOccurrenceMolybdenite
Elder MineMolybdenum, CopperOccurrenceMolybdenite
Colfax Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Twin Pines0.5 miles34
Applegate1.3 miles34
Weimar1.4 miles34
Meadow Vista2.4 miles29
Eden Valley2.8 miles34
Lander Crossing3.5 miles34
Clipper Gap3.9 miles33
Pinecroft4.0 miles34

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 Q5693844The 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 1656066. 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.