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New York Flat, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Yuba Foothills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95966. It lies near Day Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Rackerby quadrangle. It stands 2,375 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

New York Flat within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 114 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of New York Flat (historical), surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of New York Flat (historical), surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 26 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

322 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 322 fires within 5 miles of New York Flat (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,602 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 31 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined121
Debris and open burning62
Equipment and vehicle use61
Arson/incendiarism31
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural8
Smoking5
Other causes2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreButte UnitMERCY
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMARTIN
8 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFRENCHTOWN RD / WILLOW GL
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePlumas National ForestDIGGER
5 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitGREEN
4 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFORBESTOWN
4 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitREED
3 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGREEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 141 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 141 workings within 5 miles of New York Flat (historical): 53 past producers, 46 unknowns, 36 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, 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
Butte Co Pine and Hardwood CoAsbestosUnknown
Carlisle MineGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Forbestown Consolidated Gold MinesGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Gold Bank Consolidated QuartzGold, Silver, CopperProducer
Gold Bank Consolidated QuartzGold, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Horse ShoeGold, Copper, Silver, LeadPast ProducerVein
HorseshoeGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
New York Flat PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
P.U.P.MineChromium, IronPast Producer1915
Clemens DepositManganeseOccurrenceRhodonite

Every working recorded in Yuba 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
Brownsville1.7 miles26
Sharon Valley1.9 miles29
Lasslys (historical)2.9 miles29
Challenge3.0 miles29
Mount Hope House (historical)3.5 miles29
Woodleaf4.9 miles29
Rackerby5.1 miles26
Greenville6.8 miles29

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 Q7013542The 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 1703501. 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.