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Nebelhorn, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96155. It stands on Big Meadow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Echo Lake quadrangle. It stands 7,401 feet above sea level.

Nebelhorn within El Dorado County

Then and now

1889 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Nebelhorn, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Nebelhorn, surveyed 1889

Compare 1889 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

331 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 331 fires within 5 miles of Nebelhorn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,484 acres in total. 111 started naturally. 16 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
Natural111
Recreation and ceremony76
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Smoking23
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Fireworks3
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
9 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitTRUCKEE
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
8 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitPANARAMA
5 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitROUND
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
4 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestVELMA
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitWATERHOUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado 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 Nebelhorn: 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Iron, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Anderson PitStoneOccurrence
Anderson PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Dobbas MineChromium, IronPast Producer
Mountain TopGold, Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, TungstenUnknown
Ne Section 3 ProspectCopper, MolybdenumOccurrenceVein
Section 21 ProspectGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
Unidentified WorkingsGold, SilverOccurrence

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
Little Norway0.9 miles35
Echo Lake1.6 miles35
Phillips2.3 miles35
Meyers3.3 miles35
Twin Bridges4.8 miles35
Fallen Leaf5.3 miles35
Strawberry6.0 miles35
Fountain Place6.0 miles31

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 NebelhornAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14683465The 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 1656186. 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.