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Loganville, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the West Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96125. It lies near Keystone Ravine. The Survey maps it on the Sierra City quadrangle. It stands 3,980 feet above sea level.

Loganville within Sierra County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Loganville, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Loganville, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Loganville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,169 acres in total. 27 started naturally. None was 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
Natural27
Recreation and ceremony16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning7
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2017Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestBUTTES
20 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestSIERRA
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTahoe National ForestAHART
19 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestCHAPMAN
19 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,114 acresTahoe National ForestBASSETTS
16 September 1996Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestYUBA
14 September 2011Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestSIERRA
13 September 2011Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestGRANITE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sierra County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 164 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 164 workings within 5 miles of Loganville: 78 past producers, 32 prospects, 31 occurrences, 14 unknowns. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Lead. 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
ChippsGold, MolybdenumProspect
Gold PointGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGold, Silver
Gold PointGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Lloyd and MilwardAsbestosOccurrence
PhoenixGold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Sierra ButtesGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGold, Marcasite, Pyrite
Colombo-Bullion GroupGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
SovereignGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Columbo-Bullion GroupGold, SilverPast Producer
DevineGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sierra 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
Sierra City1.8 miles26
Middle Waters (historical)3.0 miles26
Milton (historical)5.5 miles27
Bassetts5.5 miles27
Carvin Creek Homesites6.3 miles28
American Hill (historical)7.6 miles33
Haskell Creek Homesites7.6 miles28
Mount Vernon (historical)8.3 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.

Wikipedia article on LoganvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6667291The 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 1658996. 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.