BlockMokelumne City, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Thornton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95632. The Survey maps it on the Bruceville quadrangle.
Then and now
1894 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 27 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1894 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1910 USGS Bruceville quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Bruceville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Bruceville quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1993 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Mokelumne City between 1997 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Central California District | FRANKLIN |
| 24 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central California District | 22 |
| 13 August 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Central California District | LEVEE |
| 18 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Central California District | PRESERVEI |
| 17 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Central California District | FRANKLIN |
| 11 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | not named |
| 22 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central California District | CRP VC |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornton | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| New Hope (historical) | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| New Hope Landing | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Taison (historical) | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| Eagle Tree (historical) | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Collierville | 9.4 miles | 23 | |
| Woodbridge | 10.0 miles | 23 | |
| Acampo | 10.1 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659154. 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.