Marsh Mill, California
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Nevada City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95959. It lies near Murphy Flat. The Survey maps it on the Graniteville quadrangle. It stands 5,843 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 2000The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 31 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1938 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Emigrant Gap quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Graniteville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 2000 USGS Graniteville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Marsh Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 808 acres in total. 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 39 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | LAKE 1 |
| 30 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | CARR |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | POOR |
| 29 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | CHERRY |
| 29 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | MURPHY |
| 28 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | CARR |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | POWERHOUSE |
| 27 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 146 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 146 workings within 5 miles of Marsh Mill: 74 past producers, 43 occurrences, 20 unknowns, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancho Qtz | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Arctic Group | Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Erie Con Lode | Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite | |
| Gaston Ridge | Gold, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Rocky Glen | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Galena, Gold | |
| Spanish Qtz. | Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Occurrence | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Occurrences | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Birchville | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| National Qtz | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graniteville | 1.9 miles | 31 | |
| Gaston | 4.0 miles | 31 | |
| Shands (historical) | 4.3 miles | 33 | |
| Dillon (historical) | 5.8 miles | 33 | |
| Snow Point (historical) | 6.1 miles | 33 | |
| Maybert (historical) | 6.3 miles | 34 | |
| Eagle Bird (historical) | 6.8 miles | 34 | |
| Orleans Flat | 7.0 miles | 33 |
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 Q6773334 | The 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 1659068. 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.












