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Norval, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the San Andreas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95252. It stands on Spring Valley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Valley Springs quadrangle. It stands 689 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.

Norval within Calaveras County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Norval (historical), surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Norval (historical), surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

595 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 595 fires within 5 miles of Norval (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,335 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined200
Equipment and vehicle use182
Debris and open burning100
Arson/incendiarism40
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking9
Natural7
Firearms and explosives use2

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 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitGRISSOM
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 16
9 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitKAISER
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPETERSBERG
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPINE ST VALLEY_SPRINGS
8 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use80 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCARDIN
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCAMANCHE PKWY S/ CHILE CA
7 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use400 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHIBACH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 183 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 183 workings within 5 miles of Norval (historical): 95 occurrences, 33 unknowns, 29 past producers, 22 producers. 22 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Chromium, 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
CaldwellGold, Silver, CopperProducerVein
CaldwellGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Campo SecoCopper, Gold, Silver, ZincProducer
CasnelliQuartz, GoldOccurrence
DepositsLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
EdnaGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerGold
Ellingwood PropertyIron, ChromiumProspect1910
Gilliam MineChromium, IronPast Producer1918
Grayhouse MineCopper, ZincProspect
HolmesCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Calaveras 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
Quail Oaks0.3 miles30
Valley Springs0.8 miles30
Burson2.6 miles30
Campo Seco3.0 miles30
South Camanche Shore3.4 miles30
Rancho Calaveras4.0 miles30
Toyon4.3 miles30
Camp Pardee4.4 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.

Wikidata item Q14683520The 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 1670510. 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.