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Kilaga Springs, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95648. It stands on Whisky Run. The Survey maps it on the Gold Hill quadrangle. It stands 509 feet above sea level.

Kilaga Springs within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kilaga Springs, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Kilaga Springs, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

456 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 456 fires within 5 miles of Kilaga Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,880 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 31 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 use165
Missing data/not specified/undetermined155
Debris and open burning69
Arson/incendiarism31
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Smoking6
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
8 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitVERNON
7 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitBUTTS
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCAMP FAR WEST
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitWISE
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitDOTY
4 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMCCOURTNEY
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionVISTA
30 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHOLLOW 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Kilaga Springs: 23 past producers, 11 occurrences, 10 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Iron. 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
Dairy FarmCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Dairy Farm Trent, VantrentCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Hotaling Iron MineIronPast Producer
Kilaga SpringsStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
LincolnGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Lincoln (Garden Bar)Gold, Platinum, SilverPast ProducerStream placer
Valley ViewCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerVein
Valley ViewCopper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer1852, 1912
DefianceGold, SilverPast Producer
LoganGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Placer 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
Virginiatown5.2 miles27
Clayton5.5 miles29
Ewing5.8 miles29
Gold Hill5.9 miles27
Lincoln6.0 miles29
Sheridan6.8 miles28
Bickford Ranch7.3 miles28
Elders Corner7.9 miles33

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 Kilaga SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6406499The 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 1658904. 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.