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Lynn Park Acres, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Arnold-West Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95255. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Point quadrangle. It stands 2,723 feet above sea level.

Lynn Park Acres within Calaveras 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 Lynn Park Acres, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Lynn Park Acres, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

466 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 466 fires within 5 miles of Lynn Park Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,225 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined140
Debris and open burning140
Equipment and vehicle use78
Arson/incendiarism26
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Recreation and ceremony15
Smoking14
Natural12
Fireworks1
Other causes1
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
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMAIN
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictPINEWOOD
9 September 1999Natural400 acresStanislaus National ForestWINTON
8 September 2017Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMADRONE LN BUCKHORN
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitTAYLOR
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSMITTY
6 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitEZELLA CT PIONEER
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictKATHY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 468 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 468 workings within 5 miles of Lynn Park Acres: 194 past producers, 158 occurrences, 101 unknowns, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Copper, Lead, 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
AjaxSilver, Gold, LeadProducer
AjaxGold, Lead, SilverUnknown
BeldenGold, Lead, Zinc, IronPast Producer1855
Big PineSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGold
BlackstoneGold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
DefenderGold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, IronPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
ElkhornGold, Copper, ZincPast ProducerBornite, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Forest CreekGold, Lead, Copper, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Golden Shearer MineGold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Silver MountainGold, QuartzOccurrence

Every working recorded in Calaveras 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
Wilseyville0.7 miles28
Bummerville0.9 miles28
West Point1.0 miles28
Sandy Gulch1.2 miles28
Independence2.8 miles30
Hams2.9 miles26
Rail Road Flat3.2 miles30
Fuchs4.2 miles26

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 Q14683222The 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 1804803. 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.