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Prosser, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Donner census division. It stands on Station Creek. The Survey maps it on the Martis Peak quadrangle. It stands 5,613 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.

Prosser within Nevada 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 Prosser (historical), surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Prosser (historical), surveyed 1891

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

279 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 279 fires within 5 miles of Prosser (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,505 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined82
Recreation and ceremony69
Natural48
Equipment and vehicle use26
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks1

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/undetermined3.0 acresTahoe National ForestRESERVOIR
9 September 2013Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitAIRPORT
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionQUARRY
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitAIRPLANE
4 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestBOCA
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestGREY
30 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTahoe National ForestALDER
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestACID

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Prosser (historical): 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 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
Hirschdale PitPumiceProducer
Red Rock AggregatesPumiceProducer
Martis Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sha-Neva-Plant No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Teichert Aggregates Truckee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Truckee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Union Mills1.5 miles34
Boca2.0 miles35
Polaris2.2 miles36
Prosser Lakeview Estates2.5 miles36
Hirschdale2.6 miles34
Hinton2.7 miles35
Olympic Heights2.9 miles36
Prosser Lake Heights3.3 miles36

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.

Wikidata item Q7250931The 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 1701136. 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.