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Kyburz, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95720. It lies near Sugarloaf. The Survey maps it on the Kyburz quadrangle. It stands 4,058 feet above sea level.

Kyburz within El Dorado County

Then and now

1889 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kyburz, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Kyburz, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 30 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

167 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Kyburz between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,629 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 5 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
Recreation and ceremony47
Natural36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use18
Debris and open burning16
Smoking11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism5
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
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National ForestOWEN
3 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National Forest52
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National ForestKYBURZ
3 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresEldorado National ForestFREDS
29 September 1998Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestCREEK
28 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestTIE
27 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestSILVER 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kyburz: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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
UnknownStoneOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryStoneUnknown
Unnamed QuarryStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in El Dorado County

Storms near this place

32 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kyburz in 32 storm reports between 2015 and 2017: 30 heavy rain, 1 hail, 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
January 2017Debris FlowKyburz$20,000CalTrans reported a mud/rock slide on Highway 50, which closed westbound lanes.
January 2017Heavy RainKyburz-There was 4.29 inches of rain measured over 24 hours, 4 miles east of Kyburz.
January 2017Heavy RainKyburz-There was 1.73 inches of rain measured over 24 hours, 4 miles east of Kyburz.
January 2017Heavy RainKyburz-There was 1.55 of heavy rain measured over 24 hours in Kyburz.
February 2017Heavy RainKyburz-There were 0.35 of rain measured over 24 hours.
February 2017Heavy RainKyburz-There were 1.36 of rain measured over 24 hours.
February 2017Heavy RainKyburz-There were 0.84 of rain measured over 24 hours.
February 2017Heavy RainKyburz-There were 1.23 of rain measured over 24 hours at Pacific House.
March 2017Heavy RainKyburz-There was 0.79 inches of rain measured over 24 hours.
February 2017Heavy RainKyburz-There were 1.49 of rain measured at Kyburz, 24 hour total.
January 2016Heavy RainKyburz-There were 1.51 inches of rain measured at Pacific House over 24 hours.
January 2016Heavy RainKyburz-There was a 24 hour total of 2.41 inches of rain at kyburz.
January 2016Heavy RainKyburz-There was a 24 hour total of 1.06 inches of rain at Kyburz.
March 2016Heavy RainKyburz-Spotter reported 2.03 inches of rain in 36 hours. The location also received 2 inches of slushy wet snow in the early morning hours of the March 22.
March 2016Heavy RainKyburz-Spotter measured 1.6 inches in 24 hours.
May 2016Heavy RainKyburz-There was a 4 hour total of 1.17 inches of rain. There was also small hail around 1 pm.
December 2016Heavy RainKyburz-A trained spotter at Kyburz reported 2.02 over 24 hours.
December 2016Heavy RainKyburz-A trained spotter in Kyburz reported heavy rain, 0.62 over 24 hours.
October 2016Heavy RainKyburz-There were 1.83 inches of rain, 24 hour total.
October 2016Heavy RainKyburz-There were 1.06 inches measured over 24 hours.
October 2016Heavy RainKyburz-There were 1.46 inches of rain measured, 24 hour total.
October 2016Heavy RainKyburz-There were 3.51 inches measured over 24 hours.
October 2016Heavy RainKyburz-There were 1.50 inches measured, 24 hour report.
July 2015Heavy RainKyburz-Almost 2 inches of rain fell over 2 hours, from 11 am to about 1:30 pm PDT. Also, small hail 3/8 inch in diameter accumulated to several inches deep.
July 2015Heavy RainKyburz-There was a 24 hour total of 2.85 inches of rain, with 1.96 inches through 4 pm PDT Thursday, with an additional 0.89 inches through 7 am this morning.
June 2015HailKyburz-Hail covering the ground, some hail stones as large as pennies.
February 2015Heavy RainKyburz-Very heavy rain fell over 1.5 hours.
February 2015Heavy RainKyburz-There was 3.31 inches of rain measured over a period of 24 hours.
April 2015Heavy RainKyburz-Spotter reported 1.62 inches of rain over the last 24 hours.There were 0.30 inches of rain within the last hour, with some snow mixed in.
July 2015Heavy RainKyburz-Heavy rain was reported by a weather spotter.
November 2015Heavy RainKyburz-There was 0.79 inches of rain, which was briefly heavy. This is the 24 hour total.
December 2015Heavy RainKyburz-There was 3.22 inches of rainfall measured over 24 hours.

Every storm recorded in El Dorado 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
Lower Forni4.1 miles35
Morrison4.7 miles28
White Hall5.7 miles32
Darlington6.4 miles34
Jones Place6.5 miles30
Pilliken6.8 miles28
Griminger7.1 miles34
Upper Forni7.4 miles35

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 KyburzAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q12061063The 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 262249. 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.