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Lancha Plana, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Ione census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95640. It lies near China Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Wallace quadrangle. It stands 220 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.

Lancha Plana within Amador County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lancha Plana (historical), surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Lancha Plana (historical), surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

478 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 478 fires within 5 miles of Lancha Plana (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,063 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined183
Equipment and vehicle use148
Debris and open burning67
Arson/incendiarism24
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking7
Natural7
Fireworks3
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPINE ST VALLEY_SPRINGS
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitLAKEVIEW
8 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use80 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCARDIN
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCAMANCHE PKWY S/ CHILE CA
7 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use400 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHIBACH
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitG2C
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresCentral California DistrictFRENCH
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitWADE/1-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Amador County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 210 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 210 workings within 5 miles of Lancha Plana (historical): 87 occurrences, 45 past producers, 36 unknowns, 25 producers. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Clay, Silver, Copper. 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
Arata PropertyGold, PGE, SilverPast Producer
Berry MineFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
CaldwellGold, Silver, CopperProducerVein
CaldwellGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Camanche DistrictGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer1849
Campo SecoCopper, Gold, Silver, ZincProducer
EdnaGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerGold
Grayhouse MineCopper, ZincProspect
HolmesCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Holmes RanchIron, Mineral PigmentsOccurrence

Every working recorded in Amador 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
Buena Vista4.8 miles28
Camanche Village4.9 miles28
Firebrick7.7 miles28
Sunnybrook8.3 miles28
Dagon8.9 miles28
Ione9.0 miles28
Chinatown (historical)9.0 miles28
Scottsville10.8 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.

Wikipedia article on Lancha Plana (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6483693The 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 253642. 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.