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Jenny Lind, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the San Andreas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95252. It lies near Rich Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Jenny Lind quadrangle. It stands 253 feet above sea level.

Jenny Lind within Calaveras County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jenny Lind, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Jenny Lind, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

483 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 483 fires within 5 miles of Jenny Lind between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,206 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 30 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
Equipment and vehicle use171
Missing data/not specified/undetermined153
Debris and open burning76
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Arson/incendiarism30
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Firearms and explosives use2
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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitWIMER
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitGRISSOM
9 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitKAISER
7 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use400 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHIBACH
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitJENSEN
5 September 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitESTES
30 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMCATEE #2
30 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMCATEE #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 112 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 112 workings within 5 miles of Jenny Lind: 37 occurrences, 31 past producers, 31 unknowns, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Jenny LindGold, Platinum, Iridium, OsmiumProducer1853
Jenny Lind DistrictGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer1849
Plymouth RockGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerGold
Plymouth RockGold, Silver, Lead, CopperProducer
Plymouth RockGold, Copper, Lead, SilverOccurrence
Stars and StripesGold, CopperPast ProducerGold
Unnamed LocationChromiumOccurrence
WarrenStone, Crushed/Broken, PumiceProducerSedimentary
C. F. VancielGold, SilverOccurrence
Daniels Dennis ProspectManganeseOccurrencePsilomelane, Pyrolusite, Rhodonite

Every working recorded in Calaveras 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
Scenic Valley Ranchos1.6 miles30
Oak Grove1.8 miles31
Mother Lode Acres2.0 miles31
Rancho Calaveras2.3 miles30
Milton4.5 miles30
Quail Oaks6.1 miles30
Burson6.2 miles30
Norval (historical)6.4 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.

Wikipedia article on Jenny LindAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q10970965The 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 226199. 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.