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Meadowmont, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Arnold-West Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95223. The Survey maps it on the Stanislaus quadrangle. It stands 4,160 feet above sea level.

Meadowmont within Calaveras County

Then and now

1891 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Meadowmont, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Meadowmont, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 35 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

289 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of Meadowmont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,536 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning105
Missing data/not specified/undetermined86
Natural31
Equipment and vehicle use30
Recreation and ceremony21
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #36
9 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #43
9 September 1999Natural2.0 acresStanislaus National ForestGRISWOLD
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresStanislaus National ForestMCKAYS
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #38
8 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitAVERY
8 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitSPRINGS
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresStanislaus National ForestPINES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Meadowmont: 8 occurrences, 8 unknowns, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Stone. 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
Lava PointStoneUnknown
Pescia ProspectManganeseOccurrenceRhodonite, Spessartite
Pescia ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Sunshine DepositManganeseUnknown1942
Sunshine Deposit From Files of U.S.G.S.ManganeseOccurrence
CanaraGoldPast ProducerGold
CanaraGoldOccurrence
ColoradoGoldUnknown
El Capitan Placer MineGoldOccurrencePlacer
El Capitan Placer MineGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Calaveras 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
Lakemont Pines0.8 miles35
Manuel Mill1.1 miles29
Lilac Park1.1 miles29
Arnold1.1 miles29
Grizzly Ridge1.7 miles29
Fly-In Acres2.0 miles35
White Pines2.0 miles29
Pinebrook2.1 miles35

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 Q6803410The 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 1804933. 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.