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Jerseydale, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Mariposa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95338. It lies near Portuguese Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Buckingham Mountain quadrangle. It stands 3,779 feet above sea level.

Jerseydale within Mariposa County

Then and now

1897 to 2004

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jerseydale, surveyed 2004
Topographic sheet of Jerseydale, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 35 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

178 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Jerseydale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,545 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use27
Natural21
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2

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 1998Natural1.0 acresSierra National ForestGIMASOL
5 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use290 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitBRIDGE
30 September 1995Smokingunder an acreSierra National ForestSCOTT
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCATHEDRAL
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestFOOTMAN
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitDARRAH RD / WHISPERING PI
29 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSierra National ForestHITE
25 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.9 acresSierra National ForestRIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mariposa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 98 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 98 workings within 5 miles of Jerseydale: 49 past producers, 22 occurrences, 14 prospects, 8 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Silver, Silver, Copper. 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
Devils GulchGold, Platinum, Cobalt, Nickel, TinPast ProducerGold
Devils GulchPGE, Cobalt, Nickel, TinUnknown
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomiteProducer
EarlyGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, TungstenPast Producer1884
EarlyGold, Tungsten, SilverPast Producer
Emma IGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerGold
FelicianaGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Marble PointLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Monte Cristo GroupGold, Antimony, CopperPast ProducerGold, Tetrahedrite
Black OakGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerCopper, Gold, Silver

Every working recorded in Mariposa County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jerseydale in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2022Debris FlowJerseydale-California Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway on Jerseydale Rd. 5E Midpines.

Every storm recorded in Mariposa 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
Darrah3.4 miles35
Midpines3.6 miles32
Hite Cove5.3 miles35
Briceburg6.5 miles32
Incline6.7 miles35
Bootjack7.0 miles25
Clearing House7.0 miles35
Mariposa7.9 miles25

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 JerseydaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6185016The 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 1659737. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.