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Oak Grove, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Marysville Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95918. It lies near Stanfield Hill. The Survey maps it on the Oregon House quadrangle. It stands 1,158 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.

Oak Grove within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 107 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 (historical), surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Oak Grove (historical), surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

350 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 350 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,216 acres in total. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined124
Equipment and vehicle use103
Debris and open burning74
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,311 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitWILLOW
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitROAD SIDE
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitTOWNSHIP
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMARYSVILLE
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unit1140 TRAILS
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitWOLF
7 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitGIMENEZ
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove (historical): 6 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Tungsten, Stone, Dimension. 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
Motts RanchStone, DimensionUnknown
Unnamed LocationGold, SilverOccurrence
Bangor QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
DebbinsTungstenOccurrence
Dobbins RanchTungstenOccurrenceVein
Swain Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brownsville-Challenge-DobbinsGoldProducer
Lone CedarGoldOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrence

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
Stanfield Hill0.7 miles24
Oregon House2.4 miles24
Rancho Loma Rica2.9 miles24
Frenchtown4.7 miles26
Loma Rica5.6 miles27
Frenches Ravine (historical)6.4 miles27
Dobbins6.4 miles27
Condemned Bar (historical)6.6 miles27

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 Q7073493The 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 1703503. 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.