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Leduc Acres, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Grass Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95945. It lies near Osborne Hill. The Survey maps it on the Grass Valley quadrangle.

Leduc Acres within Nevada County

Then and now

1888 to 1998

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 Leduc Acres, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Leduc Acres, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

879 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 879 fires within 5 miles of Leduc Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,264 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined348
Debris and open burning245
Equipment and vehicle use127
Misuse of fire by a minor47
Arson/incendiarism35
Smoking35
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony10
Other causes2

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 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSNMH CRISIS STABILIZATION
9 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictTHORNICROFT
9 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCentral California DistrictADAMS
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCAREY
9 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPGE
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1886
7 September 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHWY 20 / DORSEY DR
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPOWERLINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 825 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 825 workings within 5 miles of Leduc Acres: 444 past producers, 288 occurrences, 64 unknowns, 16 producers. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, 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
BrunswickGold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Bullion ConGold, Lead, TungstenPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Scheelite
Canada HillGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic, TinPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Champion Con QtzGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerUnderground
DelhiGold, Lead, Copper, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Empire StarGold, Lead, Arsenic, ZincUnknown
Gold HillGold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Golden Center GpGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGold
Grass Valley DistrictTungsten, GoldProducer1915
Green LodeGold, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnknown

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Cedar Ridge0.5 miles28
Kres0.6 miles28
Cedar Crest0.7 miles28
Highland Park0.7 miles28
Peardale1.0 miles36
Ophir Hill Acres1.2 miles28
Union Hill1.4 miles28
La Barr Meadows1.9 miles28

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 Q122542219The 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 1682910. 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.