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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 Bonta Creek. The Survey maps it on the Johnsville quadrangle.

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, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Plumas Eureka, surveyed 1891

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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Plumas Eureka between 1992 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 10 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
Natural42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning21
Recreation and ceremony14
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Other causes4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestC
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestEUREKA
28 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acrePlumas National ForestROAD
28 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePlumas National ForestLAKE
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePlumas National ForestBOB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Plumas Eureka: 17 past producers, 6 producers, 6 unknowns, 5 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic. 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
Feather River QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Frazier Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J A EdmanTinOccurrence
LakinGold, LeadPast Producer
Jamison MineGold, Lead, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast Producer1886, 1887, 1943
Plumas-Eureka MineGold, Lead, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast Producer1851
Plumas-EurekaGold, Lead, SilverProducer
Plumas-EurekaGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
ArrastavilleGold, SilverPast Producer
Frazer QueenGold, 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
Mohawk1.1 miles28
Feather River Inn (historical)1.1 miles28
Feather River Park1.4 miles28
Bontes (historical)1.5 miles29
Blairsden1.9 miles29
Jamison (historical)1.9 miles28
Graeagle2.3 miles29
Dentens (historical)2.4 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2633140. 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.