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Placer One, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95765. The Survey maps it on the Roseville quadrangle.

Placer One within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Placer One, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Placer One, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

600 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 600 fires within 5 miles of Placer One between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,950 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 62 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/undetermined323
Equipment and vehicle use128
Arson/incendiarism62
Smoking37
Debris and open burning22
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitFOOTHILL
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitWHITNEY
8 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitBICHEL
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitDOWD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Placer One: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Zirconium. 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
American Olean Colfax MineClay, StoneProducer
Collet PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Quarries Active 1893-4 Near LincolnGraniteProducer
Reported OccurrenceZirconiumProducer

Every working recorded in Placer 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
Whitney1.8 miles29
Roseville5.2 miles29
Lincoln5.5 miles29
Rocklin5.6 miles28
Clayton6.2 miles29
Loomis7.5 miles28
Bickford Ranch7.5 miles28
Ewing7.9 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2832597. 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.