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Mystic, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Donner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96111. It lies near Canyon Twentythree. The Survey maps it on the Boca quadrangle. It stands 5,154 feet above sea level.

Mystic within Nevada 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 Mystic, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Mystic, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 35 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

214 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Mystic between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,368 acres in total. 94 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
Natural94
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Recreation and ceremony32
Equipment and vehicle use20
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTahoe National ForestRESERVOIR
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCALIFORNIA
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionQUARRY
6 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestSTAMPEDE
4 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestBOCA
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestTREALEASE
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBRONCO
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestACID

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Mystic: 4 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Pumice, Granite. 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
Dana Park PitGraniteProducer
Verdi ProspectMolybdenum, GoldOccurrence
Volcanic Cinder DepositPumiceOccurrence
Truckee Canyon GroupUraniumOccurrence
Truckee Canyon GroupUraniumOccurrence
UnnamedGoldPast ProducerUnderground
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Floriston3.0 miles35
Bronco3.5 miles35
Iceland4.3 miles35
Hinton5.2 miles35
Boca5.3 miles35
Hirschdale5.6 miles34
Prosser (historical)7.3 miles36
Union Mills7.4 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 Q6948910The 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 1659201. 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.