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La Honda Park, California

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Angels City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95247. It lies near Soapstone Hill. The Survey maps it on the Columbia quadrangle. It stands 1,798 feet above sea level.

La Honda Park within Calaveras County

Then and now

1891 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 110 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 Honda Park, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of La Honda Park, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 37 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

326 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 326 fires within 5 miles of La Honda Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,944 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined115
Equipment and vehicle use65
Debris and open burning62
Arson/incendiarism36
Natural23
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2011Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitBLUFF
9 September 1998Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING 4
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPOAG
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictNATURAL BRIDGES
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitROLLERI
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCAMP
6 September 2012Natural7.5 acresTuolumne-Calaveras Unit2-7
6 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitWALTERS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 612 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 612 workings within 5 miles of La Honda Park: 229 occurrences, 201 past producers, 125 unknowns, 50 producers. 50 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Silver, 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
Angels Camp Deep MineGold, Silver, MolybdenumPast ProducerGold, Molybdenite, Silver
Cataract Slurry PlantCalciumProducer
DodsonGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena
Douglas FlatGold, PGEUnknown
Madrid MineChromium, IronPast Producer1916, 1917
Murphy Divide MineGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerReplacement
Oro Plata MineAntimonyOccurrence
Oro Y PlataGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tin, Zinc, MercuryPast ProducerCinnabar, Gold, Stibnite
Radium No. 1UraniumOccurrence
White Lead GravelTin, GoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Calaveras 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
Douglas Flat2.2 miles37
Murphys2.3 miles34
Rocky Hill2.3 miles34
Vallecito2.4 miles37
Wyldewood2.8 miles34
Big Valley3.7 miles34
Angels Camp4.3 miles29
Altaville4.3 miles29

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 Q6463117The 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 262253. 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.