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Mount Vernon, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sutter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95982. The Survey maps it on the Sutter Buttes quadrangle.

Mount Vernon within Sutter County

Then and now

1888 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 105 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 Vernon, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Mount Vernon, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

48 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Mount Vernon between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,604 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
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
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 September 2008Debris and open burning3.5 acresSutter National Wildlife RefugeSUTTER NORTH THREAT
16 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
15 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
1 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sutter County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Mount Vernon: 4 unknowns, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Myers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStoneUnknown
Butte Ranch Borrow SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morehead Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sutter Buttes QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North Fork American RiverGoldUnknown
Number TwoGoldUnknown
Secret TownGoldUnknown
Sunset & RiversideGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sutter 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
Sutter0.9 miles25
Butte House (historical)1.1 miles23
Dean Place3.7 miles25
Alemandra3.9 miles23
Pease (historical)4.8 miles23
Nuestro4.9 miles23
Tierra Buena4.9 miles23
Colusa Junction5.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1703407. 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.