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Oxford Mill, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the West Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95936. It stands on Pauley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Downieville quadrangle.

Oxford Mill within Sierra County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

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 Oxford Mill, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Oxford Mill, surveyed 1891

On record in Oxford Mill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 5 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Oxford Mill between 1992 and 2018, burning about 266 acres in total. 25 started naturally. None was 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
Natural25
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestSLATE
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestCHARLES
24 September 2001Natural2.0 acresTahoe National ForestFIR
17 September 1996Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestGRIZZLY
16 September 1996Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestYUBA
14 September 2011Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestGALLOWAY
12 September 2017Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestCASTLE
11 September 2005Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestCOMMISSION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sierra County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 239 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 239 workings within 5 miles of Oxford Mill: 104 past producers, 58 occurrences, 41 producers, 19 unknowns. 41 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, 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
Comet MineGold, CopperPast ProducerGold
Gold PointGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGold, Silver
Gold PointGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
OccurrenceStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Oxford MineChromium, IronPast Producer1918
Reported OccurrenceAntimonyOccurrence
Secret CanyonGold, ManganesePast ProducerGold
W W CasserelyAsbestosProspect
CasserlyChromiumProspect
Casserly ProspectChromiumOccurrenceChromite

Every working recorded in Sierra 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
Downieville0.9 miles28
Monte Cristo (historical)2.4 miles28
Mount Vernon (historical)3.0 miles28
Goodyears Bar3.8 miles27
Eureka (historical)4.6 miles27
Maredith Mill5.6 miles26
Forest5.7 miles33
Morristown7.0 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 Q122547634The 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 1656203. 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.