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Mount Hope House, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Yuba Foothills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95925. It lies near Mount Hope. The Survey maps it on the Clipper Mills quadrangle. It stands 2,959 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mount Hope House within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mount Hope House (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Mount Hope House (historical), surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

164 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Mount Hope House (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,398 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined56
Debris and open burning28
Equipment and vehicle use26
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural16
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
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
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePlumas National ForestDIGGER
4 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFORBESTOWN
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestWOODLEAF
3 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestPIKE
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestRAVINE
29 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictCARNAHAN
28 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acrePlumas National ForestFORBESTOWN
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestPIKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 152 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 152 workings within 5 miles of Mount Hope House (historical): 57 occurrences, 45 past producers, 35 unknowns, 10 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Chromium, Silver. 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
Carlisle MineGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Forbestown Consolidated Gold MinesGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Gold Bank Consolidated QuartzGold, Silver, CopperProducer
Gold Bank Consolidated QuartzGold, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Horse ShoeGold, Copper, Silver, LeadPast ProducerVein
HorseshoeGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Mooretown MarbleLimestone, Dimension, Marble, DimensionUnknown
New York Flat PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Arbucco ProspectsClayOccurrence
Bean ProspectManganese, AsbestosOccurrence

Every working recorded in Yuba 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
Lasslys (historical)0.9 miles29
Woodleaf1.4 miles29
Challenge2.1 miles29
Sharon Valley2.9 miles29
New York Flat (historical)3.5 miles26
Brownsville4.1 miles26
Greenville5.9 miles29
Strawberry Valley6.7 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.

Wikidata item Q6921306The 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 1723910. 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.