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Quintette, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95634. It lies near Ditch Camp Point. The Survey maps it on the Tunnel Hill quadrangle. It stands 4,049 feet above sea level.

Quintette within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Quintette, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Quintette, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 34 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

165 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Quintette between 1992 and 2020, burning about 197 acres in total. 28 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
Debris and open burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Natural28
Recreation and ceremony27
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreEldorado National ForestRUBICON
8 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestMACE
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestTUNNEL
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National ForestWENTWORTH
5 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestSTUMPY
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEldorado National ForestMACE
5 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreEldorado National ForestQUINTETTE
5 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Quintette: 28 occurrences, 13 unknowns, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Nickel. 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
Georgetown AreaNickelOccurrence1849
BaldersonTungstenOccurrence
BaldersonTungstenOccurrence
RubiconTungstenOccurrence
RubiconTungstenUnknown
BeaverGoldOccurrencePlacer
BeaverGoldUnknown
Cow BellGoldOccurrencePlacer
Cow BellGoldUnknown
DunlapGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in El Dorado 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
Fairbanks3.5 miles31
Balderson Station3.8 miles32
Pino Grande4.5 miles31
Deer View5.1 miles31
Soapweed5.1 miles31
Buckeye5.9 miles32
Claussenius6.1 miles31
Old Pino7.0 miles31

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 QuintetteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7272428The 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 1659451. 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.