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Marguerite, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Planada-Le Grand census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95333. The Survey maps it on the Le Grand quadrangle. It stands 299 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.

Marguerite within Merced County

Then and now

1918 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Marguerite (historical), surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Marguerite (historical), surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

243 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Marguerite (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,232 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined124
Equipment and vehicle use59
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism18
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural3

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitSANTA FE
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitS SANTA FE AV / IPSEN A 2
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitS SANTA FE AV / IPSEN AV
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitAVE 26 / BERENDA RESER 2
29 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitSANTA FE #1
29 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitSANTA FE #2
29 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitROBSON
27 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitLINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Merced County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Marguerite (historical): 3 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, 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
Ash Slough PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cross LoadGoldPast Producer
Cross LoadGoldOccurrence
BergCopperUnknown
Johnny GreenCopperUnknown
KrohCopperUnknown

Every working recorded in Merced 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
Dickenson (historical)2.5 miles16
Le Grand5.5 miles16
La Branza (historical)7.4 miles16
Burchell (historical)8.6 miles15
Plainsburg8.9 miles16
Athlone9.9 miles16
Planada11.2 miles15
Lingard12.6 miles14

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 Q6760761The 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 1661994. 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.