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Oak Grove, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the San Andreas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95252. The Survey maps it on the Valley Springs SW quadrangle. It stands 292 feet above sea level.

Oak Grove within Calaveras County

Then and now

1889 to 1998

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 Oak Grove, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Oak Grove, surveyed 1889

Compare 1889 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 31 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

602 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 602 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,132 acres in total. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use219
Missing data/not specified/undetermined184
Debris and open burning100
Arson/incendiarism40
Misuse of fire by a minor39
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitWIMER
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.4 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitSHELLY
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitGRISSOM
9 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitKAISER
7 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use400 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHIBACH
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitJENSEN
5 September 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitESTES
30 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitBURSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 87 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 87 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove: 34 occurrences, 20 past producers, 20 unknowns, 13 producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, 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
Jenny LindGold, Platinum, Iridium, OsmiumProducer1853
Jenny Lind DistrictGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer1849
Plymouth RockGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerGold
Plymouth RockGold, Silver, Lead, CopperProducer
Plymouth RockGold, Copper, Lead, SilverOccurrence
WarrenStone, Crushed/Broken, PumiceProducerSedimentary
C. F. VancielGold, SilverOccurrence
Chaney PitClayProducer
Helisma Fireclay DepositClayUnknown
Hunt and Robie RanchesGold, SilverOccurrence

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
Mother Lode Acres1.1 miles31
Scenic Valley Ranchos1.2 miles30
Rancho Calaveras1.7 miles30
Jenny Lind1.8 miles30
Burson4.6 miles30
Quail Oaks5.1 miles30
Norval (historical)5.2 miles30
Lake Camanche Ranches5.9 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 Q7073473The 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 1659266. 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.