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Oroleve, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Feather Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95930. It stands on Grizzly Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clipper Mills quadrangle. It stands 3,337 feet above sea level.

Oroleve within Butte County

Then and now

1888 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oroleve, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Oroleve, surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Oroleve between 1992 and 2020, burning about 428 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined40
Natural28
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresPlumas National ForestJACK
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePlumas National ForestDIGGER
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePlumas National ForestSAWDUST
4 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFORBESTOWN
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestWOODLEAF
3 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestPIKE
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestRAVINE
29 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictCARNAHAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 121 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 121 workings within 5 miles of Oroleve: 53 occurrences, 30 past producers, 25 unknowns, 9 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, 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
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
Unnamed LocationLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Arbucco ProspectsClayOccurrence
Bean ProspectManganese, AsbestosOccurrence
Butte Co Pine and Hardwood CoAsbestosUnknown
Clipper MillsNickelOccurrence1955

Every working recorded in Butte 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
Clipper Mills1.2 miles29
Forbestown4.7 miles27
Old Forbestown5.4 miles27
Lumpkin6.0 miles29
Feather Falls6.1 miles27
Rogerville6.3 miles29
Camp Eighteen6.9 miles28
Robinson Mills7.8 miles26

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 Q7103759The 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 1656201. 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.