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Nashville, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the South El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95623. It stands on East Big Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fiddletown quadrangle. It stands 863 feet above sea level.

Nashville within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Nashville, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Nashville, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 33 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

239 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Nashville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,739 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 19 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
Equipment and vehicle use80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined72
Debris and open burning40
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIDGE
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresCentral California District49
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitDOLOMITE
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFRENCH
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictSAND
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral California DistrictDOLOMITE
4 September 1993Arson/incendiarism60 acresCentral California DistrictUNION
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitW CHINA HILL RD EL_DORAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 304 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 304 workings within 5 miles of Nashville: 144 occurrences, 87 past producers, 54 unknowns, 17 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Copper, 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
Blue CatCopper, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
BrandonChromium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, RhodiumPast Producer1918
MartinezGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Martinez Gold MineGold, ManganeseOccurrence1942
Monarch - Sugar LoafGold, Copper, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
BernardMercuryUnknown
Bernard PropertyMercuryPast Producer1860
BrandonSilicaOccurrence
BrandonSilicaOccurrence
BrandonTalc-SoapstoneUnknown

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
Logtown3.7 miles34
Brandon Corner4.8 miles32
Frenchtown5.6 miles32
Shrub5.9 miles32
Dugan6.3 miles32
Flonellis6.4 miles32
Brela6.4 miles32
Aukum6.5 miles30

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.

Wikipedia article on NashvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6966925The 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 1656185. 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.