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Morrison, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the South El Dorado census division. It stands on North Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leek Spring Hill quadrangle. It stands 5,279 feet above sea level.

Morrison 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 Morrison, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Morrison, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Morrison between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,689 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 6 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
Natural41
Recreation and ceremony31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.2 acresEldorado National ForestMORRISON
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National ForestOWEN
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National ForestOLD
27 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEldorado National ForestPLUM
26 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEldorado National ForestKYBURZ 2
20 September 1999Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestPLANTATION
20 September 1999Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestSECOND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Morrison: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
UnknownStoneOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryStoneUnknown
Unnamed QuarryStoneUnknown

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
Pilliken2.3 miles28
Darlington4.3 miles34
Griminger4.6 miles34
Kyburz4.7 miles30
Voss4.9 miles34
Meiss5.0 miles28
White Hall6.2 miles32
Bonetti7.3 miles34

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 Q6913985The 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 1659180. 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.