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Oak Park Estates, California

28 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 95249. The Survey maps it on the San Andreas quadrangle. It stands 1,125 feet above sea level.

Oak Park Estates 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 Oak Park Estates, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Oak Park Estates, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

270 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 270 fires within 5 miles of Oak Park Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27,735 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 21 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 use100
Missing data/not specified/undetermined87
Debris and open burning36
Arson/incendiarism21
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMHP OAK SHADOWS MHP CALAV
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIATA
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictHWY 49 9
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMILLS
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitQUAIL OAKS
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unit16-N 2
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.2 acresTuolumne-Calaveras Unit1-7
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unit1-6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 352 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 352 workings within 5 miles of Oak Park Estates: 119 occurrences, 111 unknowns, 90 past producers, 31 producers. 31 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver, Manganese. 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
Bonanza DepositIronOccurrence
Calaveras Shale QuarryCalciumProducer
FordGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerSurface/Underground
FordGold, Silver, Lead, CopperUnknown
Genochio Property J.H. HenryGold, SilverOccurrence
Minnesota Mining and Milling SherwoodStone, DimensionOccurrenceGravel
San Andreas Cement PlantLimestone, General, ClayProducer
Nuland & Nuner PropertyAsbestosOccurrence
Nuland and Nuner ProspectsAsbestosOccurrence
Rathgeb MineGold, UraniumUnknown

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
San Andreas1.1 miles28
Calaveritas3.4 miles28
Fourth Crossing4.2 miles28
Toyon5.6 miles30
Jesus Maria6.8 miles29
Mountain Ranch7.0 miles28
Paloma7.3 miles29
Happy Valley7.8 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 Q7073662The 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 1804940. 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.