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Lower Rancheria, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sutter Creek-Plymouth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95685. It lies near Quartz Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Amador City quadrangle. It stands 1,017 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.

Lower Rancheria 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 Lower Rancheria (historical), surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Lower Rancheria (historical), surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

216 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Lower Rancheria (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 840 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 20 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
Equipment and vehicle use71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Debris and open burning46
Arson/incendiarism20
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Smoking3
Other causes1

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 1999Naturalunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitCARBON
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitPINE
6 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral California DistrictSHAKERIDGE
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral California DistrictFIDDLE
30 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitCREEK
3 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictVALLEY
29 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use5.4 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitFIDDLETOWN
29 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitFIDDLETOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Amador County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 310 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 310 workings within 5 miles of Lower Rancheria (historical): 139 occurrences, 79 past producers, 64 prospects, 20 producers. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Manganese, Stone, 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
Allen RanchGold, PGE, SilverPast Producer
Ayers CharlesFlagstone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Ayers, CharlersStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel
Bunker HillGold, IronPast Producer1853
Central EurekaGold, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Lead, CopperProducer1855
Del Porto MarbleLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
KeystoneGold, Antimony, ArsenicPast Producer1851
MechanicsGold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, IronOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
PioneerGold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
Unnamed LocationGemstone, AbrasiveProspect

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
New Chicago0.9 miles30
Bunker Hill0.9 miles30
Amador City1.3 miles30
Drytown1.9 miles30
Sutter Creek3.2 miles30
Plymouth3.3 miles30
Pokerville (historical)3.6 miles30
Sutter Hill4.2 miles30

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 Lower Rancheria (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6693744The 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 1733332. 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.