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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.

Marsh Mill within Nevada County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

The 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 sheet of Marsh Mill, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Marsh Mill, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 31 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

94 since 1992

Regional 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 ceremony39
Natural31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTahoe National ForestLAKE 1
30 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestCARR
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTahoe National ForestPOOR
29 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTahoe National ForestCHERRY
29 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTahoe National ForestMURPHY
28 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTahoe National ForestCARR
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestPOWERHOUSE
27 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestLAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 146 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ancho QtzGold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Arctic GroupGold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGold
Erie Con LodeGold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Gaston RidgeGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGold
Rocky GlenGold, Lead, SilverPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Spanish Qtz.Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerGold
OccurrenceMarble, DimensionOccurrenceMetamorphic
OccurrencesMarble, DimensionOccurrenceMetamorphic
BirchvilleGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
National QtzGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Graniteville1.9 miles31
Gaston4.0 miles31
Shands (historical)4.3 miles33
Dillon (historical)5.8 miles33
Snow Point (historical)6.1 miles33
Maybert (historical)6.3 miles34
Eagle Bird (historical)6.8 miles34
Orleans Flat7.0 miles33

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 Q6773334The 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.