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Mount Pleasant, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the West Sierra census division. It lies near Sawmill Ravine. The Survey maps it on the Goodyears Bar quadrangle.

Mount Pleasant within Sierra County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 109 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 Pleasant, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Mount Pleasant, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant between 1992 and 2019, burning about 83 acres in total. 29 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
Natural29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 1998Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestPORT
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestCHARLES
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestAMERICAN
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestAMERICAN 3
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestAMERICAN 2
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestSLATE
29 September 2019Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestCRAIG
28 September 1994Natural5.0 acresPlumas National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sierra County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 99 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 99 workings within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant: 37 occurrences, 26 past producers, 21 producers, 12 unknowns. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
AlturasSilver, GoldProducer
Carpenter DepositGold, IronUnknown
Diamond SpringsNickelUnknown
Unnamed LocationTitanium, ZirconiumOccurrence
Unnamed Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Unnamed Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
AlturasGold, SilverPast Producer
AlturasGold, SilverPast Producer
CorleyGold, SilverPast Producer
First ChanceGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sierra 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
Scales1.2 miles27
Poverty Hill1.7 miles27
Union Hill1.7 miles27
McMahons (historical)1.7 miles27
Queen City4.1 miles26
Eureka (historical)4.4 miles27
Morristown4.8 miles26
Grass Flat4.9 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1701304. 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.