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Maredith Mill, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the West Sierra census division. It lies near Plug Point. The Survey maps it on the La Porte quadrangle.

Maredith Mill within Sierra 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 Maredith Mill, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Maredith Mill, 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

40 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Maredith Mill between 1993 and 2019, burning about 185 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 1 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
Natural25
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1998Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestPORT
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestTABLE
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestSLATE
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestCANYON
29 September 2019Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestCRAIG
26 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestLUCKY
24 September 2001Natural2.0 acresTahoe National ForestFIR
7 August 2009Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestCLAMPER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sierra County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 194 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 194 workings within 5 miles of Maredith Mill: 65 past producers, 51 occurrences, 50 producers, 16 prospects. 50 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
LassiatCopperOccurrencePyrite
Unnamed Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Unnamed Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
AlturasGold, SilverPast Producer
Best ChanceGold, SilverPast Producer
Bosch GroupGold, SilverPast Producer
ChaseGold, SilverPast Producer
CowellGold, SilverPast Producer
DepressionGold, SilverPast Producer
GrabstakeGold, 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
Morristown1.5 miles26
Eureka (historical)2.1 miles27
Deadwood (historical)3.0 miles26
Monte Cristo (historical)3.3 miles28
Queen City3.5 miles26
Grass Flat3.8 miles26
Poker Flat4.2 miles26
Saint Louis4.7 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 Q122572994The 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 1659057. 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.