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La Grange, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hughson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95329. It lies near Indian Hill. The Survey maps it on the La Grange quadrangle. 166 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 249 feet above sea level.

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La Grange within Stanislaus County

Then and now

1893 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of La Grange, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of La Grange, surveyed 1893

On record in La Grange

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 9 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 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

266 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of La Grange between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,228 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined132
Equipment and vehicle use76
Arson/incendiarism25
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural3

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 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 19
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitYOSEMITE
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHOOVER
5 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution30 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLAKE
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHWY 132 STANISLAUS_COUN
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIVER
30 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitDAWSON LAKE
29 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHOUSEBOAT YARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stanislaus County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of La Grange: 8 producers, 6 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 3 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Platinum. 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
ChepracoGold, SilverPast Producer
Kraftile Clay DepositClayOccurrence
La GrangeGold, Platinum, Iridium, OsmiumProducerStream Placer
La Grange DistrictGold, Silver, PlatinumProducer1850
La Grange Dredge No 4Gold, Osmium, Platinum, SilverPast Producer
MitchellGold, Silver, Copper, ZincOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Sphalerite
MitchellGold, Copper, Silver, ZincProspect
Oak HillCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Crooker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
La Grange Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Stanislaus 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
Cooperstown7.0 miles14
Warnerville8.5 miles14
Paulsell12.6 miles14
Montpelier15.2 miles15
Knights Ferry15.4 miles19
Hickman15.6 miles19
Waterford15.8 miles16
Arnold (historical)16.3 miles19

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 La GrangeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6462871The 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 226726. 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.