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Highland Park, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Grass Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95945. It lies near Osborne Hill. The Survey maps it on the Grass Valley quadrangle.

Highland Park within Nevada County

Then and now

1888 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Highland Park, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Highland Park, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

893 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 893 fires within 5 miles of Highland Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,136 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined345
Debris and open burning249
Equipment and vehicle use135
Misuse of fire by a minor47
Smoking39
Arson/incendiarism37
Power generation/transmission/distribution21
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony7
Other causes1

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 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSNMH CRISIS STABILIZATION
9 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictTHORNICROFT
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictOSCAR
9 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictGIBBONEY
9 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCentral California DistrictADAMS
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCAREY
9 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPGE
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1886

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 764 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 764 workings within 5 miles of Highland Park: 419 past producers, 262 occurrences, 57 unknowns, 14 producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, 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
BrunswickGold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Bullion ConGold, Lead, TungstenPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Scheelite
Empire StarGold, Lead, Arsenic, ZincUnknown
Golden Center GpGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGold
Grass Valley DistrictTungsten, GoldProducer1915
Green LodeGold, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnknown
MountaineerGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Pacific Silica Greenhorn PlantSilicaProducer
PioneerGold, Lead, Copper, TungstenPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Providence & Murchie MinesGold, BismuthOccurrence

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Leduc Acres0.7 miles28
Ophir Hill Acres0.9 miles28
Cedar Ridge1.0 miles28
La Barr Meadows1.2 miles28
Kres1.3 miles28
Cedar Crest1.4 miles28
Peardale1.5 miles36
Union Hill1.5 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1682899. 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.