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Malby Crossing, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It lies in ZIP code area 95762. The Survey maps it on the Folsom SE quadrangle.

Malby Crossing within Sacramento 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 Malby Crossing, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Malby Crossing, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

534 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 534 fires within 5 miles of Malby Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,468 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 51 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/undetermined198
Equipment and vehicle use197
Arson/incendiarism51
Debris and open burning41
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Smoking14
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Natural3
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 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitWYCLIFFE WY EL_DORADO_HI
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBASS
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unit50
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitSCOTT
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitBASS
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitBASS
4 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitROBERT
4 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitLATROBE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sacramento County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Malby Crossing: 20 occurrences, 9 producers, 9 past producers, 4 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Copper, Silver. 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
Brandon RichardsonTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceSoapstone
Marble Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Yost Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Joerger MineChromium, IronPast Producer1918
Walker MineChromium, IronPast Producer1917
KeablesGold, SilverPast Producer
Kiefe EstateGold, SilverPast Producer
Rossi GroundGold, SilverPast Producer
Sacramento GoldGold, SilverPast Producer
CothainCopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Sacramento 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
White Rock1.5 miles29
Walltown3.2 miles27
Prairie City4.9 miles31
Glenborough6.2 miles31
Natoma6.5 miles31
Folsom Junction7.0 miles31
Alder Creek7.1 miles31
Folsom7.1 miles31

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 Q122595928The 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 1656149. 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.