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Mayaro, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Feather Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95965. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pulga quadrangle. It stands 1,522 feet above sea level.

Mayaro within Butte County

Then and now

1888 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mayaro, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Mayaro, surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Mayaro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 208,214 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 5 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
Natural36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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
29 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitPULGA
28 September 2016Natural1.5 acresPlumas National ForestPULGA
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestRODY
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestSILVER
26 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresButte UnitPULGA
25 September 1994Natural1.0 acresPlumas National Forestnot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestPEAVINE
23 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreButte UnitHART

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Mayaro: 33 past producers, 17 occurrences, 8 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Gold, Silver, Nickel. 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
Jade Prince No. 1GemstoneProspect
Little Hope and Mary Jane ClaimsChromium, IronPast Producer1942
Poe Limestone DepositLimestone, General, Marble, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Poe Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Grizzley Tungsten No 1TungstenUnknown
Grizzly Tungsten No. 1TungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Section 35 MineIron, ChromiumPast Producer1915, 1916
SimmonsIron, ChromiumPast Producer1916, 1917
Swayne MineIron, ChromiumPast Producer1916, 1917
Coyote GapNickelUnknown

Every working recorded in Butte 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
Big Bar1.5 miles25
Cresta1.6 miles25
Pulga2.0 miles25
Kister3.1 miles24
Flea Valley (historical)3.2 miles25
Poe6.1 miles28
Gold Lake (historical)6.5 miles24
Hughes Place6.7 miles28

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.

Wikipedia article on MayaroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6796868The 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 1659079. 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.