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Plumas Eureka, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Graeagle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96103. It stands on Little Jamison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Johnsville quadrangle. 334 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,014 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.

Plumas Eureka within Plumas 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 Plumas Eureka (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Plumas Eureka (historical), surveyed 1891

Population over time

2 figures

Plumas Eureka fell from 339 to 334 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010339
2020334-5 (-1%)

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

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Plumas Eureka (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 532 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 4 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
Natural48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony13
Smoking9
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 1995Smokingunder an acrePlumas National ForestSKI HILL
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePlumas National ForestJOHNSVILLE
7 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePlumas National ForestHILL
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestWASHINGTON
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestEUREKA
5 September 2017Natural450 acresPlumas National ForestEUREKA
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestROSS CAMP
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestMAC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 55 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Plumas Eureka (historical): 24 past producers, 13 occurrences, 12 unknowns, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver, 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
Four HillsGold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
LakinGold, LeadPast Producer
Jamison MineGold, Lead, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast Producer1886, 1887, 1943
Plumas-Eureka MineGold, Lead, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast Producer1851
Sierra Iron MineIronPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
Wades LakeIronOccurrence
Wades LakeIronOccurrence
Plumas-EurekaGold, Lead, SilverProducer
Plumas-EurekaGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
ArrastavilleGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
Johnsville0.7 miles28
Little Jamison (historical)1.1 miles27
Jamison (historical)1.8 miles28
Squirrel Creek (historical)2.5 miles28
Plumas Eureka3.7 miles28
Mohawk4.1 miles28
Feather River Park4.3 miles28
Feather River Inn (historical)4.7 miles28

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.

Wikipedia article on Plumas Eureka (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2388756The 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 1701394. 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.