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McManus, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95726. It stands on Little Soldier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pollock Pines quadrangle. It stands 4,291 feet above sea level.

McManus within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McManus, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of McManus, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

256 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of McManus between 1992 and 2020, burning about 122,633 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined78
Debris and open burning71
Recreation and ceremony31
Equipment and vehicle use23
Natural17
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Fireworks1
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 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictBADGER
9 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestMOON
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
8 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitGOLD
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitAGRA #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of McManus: 6 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, 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
Hazel CreekGold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Pacific HouseGold, TungstenOccurrence
Pacific HouseTungsten, GoldUnknown
Plum Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStoneOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryStoneUnknown
Hazel CreekGoldProducer1948
Hazel Creek MineGoldUnknown
HumphreyGoldOccurrence

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
Spring Valley1.4 miles31
Van Vleck1.8 miles31
Ditch Camp Five2.5 miles31
Fresh Pond2.7 miles31
Pacific3.0 miles31
Short Place3.4 miles32
Gold Ridge3.6 miles31
Pollock Pines3.8 miles31

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 Q14683313The 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 1659091. 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.