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Joesphine, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Meridian-Robbins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95957. The Survey maps it on the Tisdale Weir quadrangle.

Joesphine within Sutter County

Then and now

1888 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Joesphine, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Joesphine, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Joesphine between 1992 and 2019, burning about 444 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
18 September 2008Debris and open burning3.5 acresSutter National Wildlife RefugeSUTTER NORTH THREAT
15 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSutter National Wildlife RefugeHUGHES
25 August 1992Equipment and vehicle use70 acresSutter National Wildlife RefugeOTTER 1
8 July 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSutter National Wildlife RefugeSUTTER 2
6 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSutter National Wildlife RefugeSUTTER NWR #2
6 July 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSutter National Wildlife RefugeSUTTER NWR #1
4 July 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSutter National Wildlife RefugeSUTTER 1
4 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSutter National Wildlife RefugeHUGHES ROAD #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sutter County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Joesphine: 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Myers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Morehead Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sutter Buttes QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North Fork American RiverGoldUnknown
PennsylvaniaGoldUnknown
Sunset & RiversideGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sutter 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
Progress2.1 miles22
Tisdale3.8 miles22
Tarke4.4 miles25
Lira5.0 miles25
Sutter5.2 miles25
Hinsdale5.6 miles22
Mount Vernon6.0 miles25
Butte House (historical)6.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658864. 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.