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Jacobsen, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. It stands on Jacobsen Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Bunker Hill quadrangle. It stands 5,860 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Jacobsen within El Dorado 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 Jacobsen (historical), surveyed 1977
Topographic sheet of Jacobsen (historical), surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 33 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

201 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Jacobsen (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,790 acres in total. 76 started naturally. 5 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
Natural76
Recreation and ceremony66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism5
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
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestSTONE
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,673 acresEldorado National ForestFORK
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestHARTLESS
6 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestDRY
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestMCKINSTRY
5 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreEldorado National ForestPICNIC
5 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestSTONE
5 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestRED BULL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Jacobsen (historical): 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
OccurrenceGoldPast ProducerGold
OccurrenceGoldOccurrence
OccurrenceGoldUnknown
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in El Dorado 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
Rubicon Springs (historical)7.3 miles32
Raffetto10.2 miles32
Jones Place10.8 miles30
Campana11.0 miles34
Leonardi11.7 miles34
Meeks Bay14.0 miles30
Glenridge Park14.1 miles30
Rubicon Properties14.2 miles30

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 Q6119791The 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 1701133. 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.