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McConnel Place, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. It lies near Telephone Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Riverton quadrangle. It stands 4,593 feet above sea level.

McConnel Place within El Dorado County

Then and now

1889 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McConnel Place, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of McConnel Place, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of McConnel Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25,089 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined35
Recreation and ceremony30
Debris and open burning28
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking6
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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 1994Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitPLUM
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPLUM
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named
6 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National ForestDITCH
6 September 1993Smokingunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of McConnel Place: 6 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Gold, Tungsten, Tungsten. 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
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldUnknown
Pacific HouseGold, TungstenOccurrence
Pacific HouseTungsten, GoldUnknown
Plum Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStoneOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryStoneUnknown
HumphreyGoldOccurrence
Last ResortGoldOccurrencePlacer
Pacific ChannelGoldUnknown
Pacific Channel ZimmermanGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in El Dorado 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
Riverton1.8 miles32
Short Place1.8 miles32
White Hall2.7 miles32
Van Vleck3.8 miles31
Pacific4.0 miles31
Spring Valley4.4 miles31
McManus4.6 miles31
Raffetto4.6 miles32

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 Q14683298The 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 1659086. 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.