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Indian Hill, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the West Sierra census division. It lies near Grant Ravine. The Survey maps it on the Goodyears Bar quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Indian Hill within Sierra County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Indian Hill (historical), surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Indian Hill (historical), surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Indian Hill (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 246 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 1 was 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
Debris and open burning21
Natural20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTahoe National ForestWILLOW
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestOAK
23 September 2011Natural13 acresTahoe National ForestINDIAN
20 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTahoe National ForestSLEIGHVILLE
15 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTahoe National ForestJOUBERT
11 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestCAL-IDA
9 August 1994Smokingunder an acreTahoe National ForestCAMPBELL
30 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestCANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sierra County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 121 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 121 workings within 5 miles of Indian Hill (historical): 49 past producers, 28 unknowns, 25 occurrences, 15 producers. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
AlaskaGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerGold, Silver
Brandy City MineChromium, MagnesiteProducer1917
Carpenter DepositGold, IronUnknown
Galena HillAsbestosOccurrence
IronriteClayOccurrence
OccurrenceClayProspect
PeacockCopperOccurrenceUnderground
PeacockCopperProspect
Sailor Boy DiggingsGold, PlatinumProducer1855
Sailor Boy DiggingsGold, PlatinumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sierra 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
Cal-Ida1.8 miles27
Brandy City2.7 miles27
Tippecanoe (historical)3.3 miles32
Grizzly Gulch (historical)3.9 miles32
Plum Valley4.4 miles32
Pike4.7 miles32
Nelson Mill5.2 miles32
Cold Spring (historical)5.3 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1701300. 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.