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Lovejoy, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Greenville census division. It stands on Lovejoy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Ingalls quadrangle. It stands 5,807 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.

Lovejoy within Plumas County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lovejoy (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Lovejoy (historical), surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 29 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Lovejoy (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 78 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
Natural78
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1

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 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestBLAKELESS
8 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestINGALLS
27 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePlumas National Forestnot named
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestEMIGRANT
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePlumas National Forestnot named
24 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresPlumas National ForestCLOVER
17 September 1992Naturalunder an acrePlumas National Forestnot named
13 September 2013Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestMCDERMOTT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Lovejoy (historical): 11 past producers, 10 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Consolidated Gold and Metal Co.Copper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerMalachite
CrislerManganeseProspect1960
Silver White Placer ClaimLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationAntimonyOccurrence
WalkerCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincProducerVein
Walker MineCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer1844, 1916
Brown BearSilverPast Producer
Crown PointGold, SilverPast Producer
Gold CrownGold, SilverPast Producer
Good HopeGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
Walkermine (historical)1.4 miles29
Gate Place4.4 miles29
Greenhorn5.7 miles27
Cromberg6.1 miles28
Argentine (historical)6.2 miles27
Sloat6.5 miles28
Five Points6.8 miles29
Bells Bar (historical)7.4 miles27

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 Lovejoy (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6692101The 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 1701378. 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.