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Hidden Valley, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Rocklin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95746. The Survey maps it on the Rocklin quadrangle. It stands 436 feet above sea level.

Hidden Valley within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hidden Valley, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Hidden Valley, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

469 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 469 fires within 5 miles of Hidden Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,023 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined222
Equipment and vehicle use126
Debris and open burning47
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Arson/incendiarism18
Smoking17
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitTUDSBURY
9 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minor4.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitLAKE
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitFOLSOM
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
7 September 2018Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2005Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitKING
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitLAIRD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 130 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 130 workings within 5 miles of Hidden Valley: 44 occurrences, 36 past producers, 27 unknowns, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Granite, 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
Big BuzzardCopper, Gold, Zinc, Silver, LeadPast ProducerVein
Big Buzzard Hercules, DarringtonCopper, Gold, ZincPast Producer
Darrington MineChromium, IronPast Producer1914
Darrington RanchCopper, Gold, ZincProspect
Reported OccurrenceQuartzOccurrenceSand
SteeleIron, ChromiumPast Producer1914
Union Granite Co.Stone, DimensionProducer
ZantgrafGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Laird Gravel MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pillikin Area 3Chromium, NickelPast ProducerChromite

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
Granite Bay0.1 miles28
Loomis4.3 miles28
Rocklin4.3 miles28
Lakeshore4.4 miles27
Penryn6.1 miles28
Roseville6.7 miles29
Bickford Ranch7.6 miles28
Newcastle7.8 miles28

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 Hidden ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5751980The 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 1658746. 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.