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Jesus Maria, California

29 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 95245. It stands on Jesus Maria Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mokelumne Hill quadrangle. It stands 1,043 feet above sea level.

Jesus Maria 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 Jesus Maria, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Jesus Maria, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

199 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Jesus Maria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 79,503 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined62
Equipment and vehicle use49
Debris and open burning38
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined70,868 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitBUTTE
9 September 1999Natural6.0 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 39
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 25
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #25
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 33
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral California DistrictBLAKELY
7 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitBAKER RILEY WY / JESUS MA
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unit1-5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 330 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 330 workings within 5 miles of Jesus Maria: 113 unknowns, 97 occurrences, 84 past producers, 35 producers. 35 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Bonanza DepositIronOccurrence
Bonanza DepositCopperOccurrence
BostonGold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
DigitalliCobalt, Copper, ManganeseOccurrenceVein
Ilex MineGold, Copper, Antimony, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Stibnite
Mokelumne Hill ProspectNickel, CobaltOccurrence
Rough Diamond Placer MineGold, QuartzProducerPlacer
Aime LaidetTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Aime LaidetTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Casey & Bach ClaimCobaltOccurrence

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
Happy Valley2.2 miles29
Rich Gulch3.2 miles29
Mokelumne Hill3.3 miles29
Big Bar4.3 miles29
Alabama Hill5.6 miles30
Glencoe5.8 miles30
Paloma6.4 miles29
San Andreas6.4 miles28

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 Jesus MariaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474311The 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 1658860. 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.