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Horstville, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Wheatland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95692. The Survey maps it on the Wheatland quadrangle. It stands 112 feet above sea level.

Horstville within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Horstville, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Horstville, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

290 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 290 fires within 5 miles of Horstville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,394 acres in total. None started naturally. 29 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/undetermined103
Equipment and vehicle use100
Arson/incendiarism29
Debris and open burning24
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIOSA
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitFAR WEST
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitKARCHNER
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSHERIDAN
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitKAPAKA
7 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitS.P.R.R.
7 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitROADSIDE
6 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitEVERTS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Horstville: 5 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Clay, Gold, Silver. 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
QuailCopper, SilverOccurrence
Sheridan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dredged AreaGoldUnknown
Dredged AreasGoldOccurrencePlacer
Durst RanchClayOccurrence
Wheatland PitClayProducer
Copper CrescentCopperOccurrence
Copper CrescentCopperOccurrence

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
Wheatland2.1 miles26
Erle (historical)5.0 miles26
Ostrom7.0 miles24
Waldo Junction7.2 miles28
Algodon (historical)8.4 miles20
East Arboga8.7 miles24
Plumas Lake8.8 miles24
Arboga8.8 miles24

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 HorstvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5906594The 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 1658784. 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.