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Maybert, California

34 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 stands on Fall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blue Canyon quadrangle. It stands 3,245 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.

Maybert 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 Maybert (historical), surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Maybert (historical), surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

171 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Maybert (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,235 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 6 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
Recreation and ceremony63
Natural46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Fireworks2
Other causes1
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
9 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTahoe National ForestHILL
9 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestFULLER
9 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestBLUE
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitEMIGRANT
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitZIEBRIGHT
8 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestCROSSING
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTahoe National ForestALPHA
7 September 2011Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresTahoe National ForestBLUE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 186 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 186 workings within 5 miles of Maybert (historical): 98 past producers, 59 occurrences, 22 unknowns, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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
Alpha - Omega MinesGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer1850
Blue Bell Qtz.Gold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Diamond CreekGold, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Eagle Bird Qtz.Gold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Erie Con LodeGold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Gaston RidgeGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGold
Gould & Towle QuarryGraniteProducer
OccurrencesMarble, DimensionOccurrenceMetamorphic
OmegaGold, SilverProducer
Paine Claims Neva May and GenevieveMineral PigmentsOccurrenceMineral Pigments

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
Eagle Bird (historical)0.5 miles34
Omega3.0 miles34
Bear Valley (historical)3.1 miles34
Langs (historical)3.2 miles34
Gaston3.6 miles31
Camp Spaulding4.0 miles34
Alpha (historical)4.6 miles34
Dillon (historical)4.9 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.

Wikipedia article on Maybert (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6796982The 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 1682918. 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.