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Jones Bar, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Nevada City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95959. It stands on Rush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nevada City quadrangle. It stands 1,073 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.

Jones Bar within Nevada County

Then and now

1888 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jones Bar (historical), surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Jones Bar (historical), surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

493 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 493 fires within 5 miles of Jones Bar (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,363 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined175
Debris and open burning125
Equipment and vehicle use99
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Arson/incendiarism19
Smoking19
Natural13
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Recreation and ceremony6
Other causes2

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGOLDEN
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCAREY
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1886
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBRIDGEPORT
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.2 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPLEASANT
7 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHARD
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 2009
6 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictBITNEY FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 332 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 332 workings within 5 miles of Jones Bar (historical): 133 past producers, 131 occurrences, 46 unknowns, 13 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Copper, 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
Berkeley ProspectCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Sulfur, ArsenicPast Producer1904
Big BendCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrence
BossGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast ProducerVein
Boss MineCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
EmpressGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Essannie Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
French Corral DistrictGold, Platinum, Silver, DiamondPast Producer1850
Gold HillGold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Mammoth Gold CopperCopper, GoldOccurrenceVein
MountaineerGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Newtown2.9 miles28
French Corral2.9 miles27
Birchville3.0 miles27
Sweetland3.4 miles28
Bitney Corner4.3 miles28
Echo Ridge Trails4.3 miles28
Shelby Flat (historical)4.3 miles28
Echo Ridge Estates4.5 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.

Wikidata item Q6275127The 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 1703630. 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.