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Milton, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the San Andreas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95230. The Survey maps it on the Jenny Lind quadrangle. It stands 394 feet above sea level.

Milton within Calaveras County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Milton, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Milton, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Milton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,276 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined39
Equipment and vehicle use37
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLAGORIO
7 September 2001Arson/incendiarism40 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitEASTMAN
30 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMC KEON
30 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMCATEE #2
30 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMCATEE #1
24 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitSIEGEL
23 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitWEEKS
22 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMILTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 82 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 82 workings within 5 miles of Milton: 30 occurrences, 21 past producers, 21 unknowns, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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
Belt of SlateSlate, DimensionOccurrence
Hunt and Robie RanchesGold, SilverOccurrence
Jenny LindGold, Platinum, Iridium, OsmiumProducer1853
Jenny Lind DistrictGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer1849
Plymouth RockGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerGold
Plymouth RockGold, Silver, Lead, CopperProducer
Plymouth RockGold, Copper, Lead, SilverOccurrence
Stars and StripesGold, CopperPast ProducerGold
Daniels Dennis ProspectManganeseOccurrencePsilomelane, Pyrolusite, Rhodonite
Daniels ProspectManganeseProspect1917

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
Jenny Lind4.5 miles30
Mother Lode Acres5.9 miles31
Scenic Valley Ranchos5.9 miles30
Oak Grove6.1 miles31
Rancho Calaveras6.6 miles30
Lost City6.6 miles27
Felix7.2 miles27
Carmen City8.6 miles27

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 MiltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6860903The 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 1659137. 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.