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Ponderosa Palisades, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Colfax-Monumental Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96161. It lies near Bald Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Truckee quadrangle.

Ponderosa Palisades within Placer 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 Ponderosa Palisades, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Ponderosa Palisades, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 36 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

248 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Ponderosa Palisades between 1992 and 2020, burning about 204 acres in total. 30 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined74
Recreation and ceremony60
Natural30
Equipment and vehicle use28
Debris and open burning15
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Smoking12
Arson/incendiarism10
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks2

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitDONNER PASS RD TRUCKEE_F
9 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestSAWTOOTH
9 September 2013Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitAIRPORT
6 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestSAWTOOTH
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHIPPY
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitAIRPLANE
4 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSanta Clara UnitCOE
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestGREY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ponderosa Palisades: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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
Red Rock AggregatesPumiceProducer
Cold Stream PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Martis Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sha-Neva-Plant No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Teichert Aggregates Truckee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Andover2.9 miles36
Andover (historical)3.6 miles33
Southside Highlands4.1 miles33
Stanford (historical)4.3 miles33
Eder5.4 miles33
Donner7.4 miles33
Kingswood Estates8.0 miles34
Soda Springs8.4 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1701093. 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.