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Quaker Hill, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Grass Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95959. It stands on Quaker Hill. The Survey maps it on the North Bloomfield quadrangle. It stands 3,310 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.

Quaker Hill 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 Quaker Hill (historical), surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Quaker Hill (historical), surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 33 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

289 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of Quaker Hill (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,604 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined87
Debris and open burning75
Equipment and vehicle use40
Natural22
Recreation and ceremony21
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unit5 MILE
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPASQUALE
7 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTahoe National ForestBANNER 2
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitFOREBAY
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictDAVID
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictMISSOURI BAR
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTahoe National ForestGRAVE
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSCOTT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 303 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 303 workings within 5 miles of Quaker Hill (historical): 127 occurrences, 95 past producers, 77 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc. 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
Banner and CentralGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, TungstenPast ProducerGold
Canada HillGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic, TinPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
DelhiGold, Lead, Copper, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Federal Loan & ConsolsGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
HusseyCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer
MurchieGold, Lead, Copper, Silver, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Murchie MineGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
NationalGold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast ProducerGold
North Banner CoGold, Lead, Molybdenum, SilverUnknown
North Banner Cons.Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, LeadPast ProducerGold, Pyrite

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
Cascade Shores0.3 miles33
Scotts Flat1.5 miles33
Hunts Hill (historical)1.7 miles36
Deer Creek Park2.2 miles33
Red Dog3.2 miles36
Crystal Springs (historical)3.7 miles33
You Bet3.7 miles36
Willow Valley4.0 miles33

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 Quaker Hill (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7268545The 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 1682950. 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.