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Pokerville, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sutter Creek-Plymouth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95669. It stands on Spring Valley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Amador City quadrangle. It stands 1,040 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.

Pokerville within Amador County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pokerville (historical), surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Pokerville (historical), surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

190 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Pokerville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 751 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 21 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
Equipment and vehicle use74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Debris and open burning37
Arson/incendiarism21
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresCentral California District49
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitCARBON
6 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSHENANDOAH
30 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitCREEK
3 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictVALLEY
29 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use5.4 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitFIDDLETOWN
29 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitFIDDLETOWN
29 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitWILLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Amador County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 289 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 289 workings within 5 miles of Pokerville (historical): 132 occurrences, 73 past producers, 58 prospects, 18 producers. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Stone, Dimension. 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
Alexander ProspectManganeseProspect1942
Amador StarGold, SilverPast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Silver
Bunker HillGold, IronPast Producer1853
Del Porto MarbleLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Grelich Ranch Grelich RanchLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
KeystoneGold, Antimony, ArsenicPast Producer1851
PioneerGold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
Plymouth ConsolidatedGold, CopperPast Producer1852
Unnamed LocationGemstone, AbrasiveProspect
Wait MarbleLimestone, General, Marble, DimensionOccurrenceMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Amador 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
Plymouth0.8 miles30
Drytown2.7 miles30
New Chicago3.2 miles30
Lower Rancheria (historical)3.6 miles30
Bunker Hill4.1 miles30
Enterprise4.2 miles33
Amador City4.6 miles30
Forest Home (historical)5.7 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 Pokerville (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7208626The 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 1733349. 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.