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Rancho Calaveras, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the San Andreas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95252. The Survey maps it on the Valley Springs quadrangle. 5,590 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 528 feet above sea level.

Rancho Calaveras within Calaveras 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 Rancho Calaveras, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Rancho Calaveras, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

594 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 594 fires within 5 miles of Rancho Calaveras between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,703 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 44 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 use194
Missing data/not specified/undetermined182
Debris and open burning104
Arson/incendiarism44
Misuse of fire by a minor41
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Firearms and explosives use4
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 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitGRISSOM
9 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitKAISER
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPETERSBERG
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPINE ST VALLEY_SPRINGS
7 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use400 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHIBACH
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitJENSEN
5 September 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitESTES
30 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMCATEE #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 115 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 115 workings within 5 miles of Rancho Calaveras: 47 occurrences, 29 unknowns, 25 past producers, 14 producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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
Burke ProspectNickelOccurrence
Helisma Fireclay DepositClayUnknown
Holmes RanchIron, Mineral PigmentsOccurrence
Jenny LindGold, Platinum, Iridium, OsmiumProducer1853
Jenny Lind DistrictGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer1849
LateFlagstoneOccurrence
Late Ocher MineMineral Pigments, IronProducer
Plymouth RockGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerGold
Plymouth RockGold, Silver, Lead, CopperProducer
Plymouth RockGold, Copper, Lead, SilverOccurrence

Every working recorded in Calaveras 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
Scenic Valley Ranchos0.8 miles30
Oak Grove1.7 miles31
Jenny Lind2.3 miles30
Mother Lode Acres2.8 miles31
Quail Oaks3.8 miles30
Norval (historical)4.0 miles30
Burson4.2 miles30
Valley Springs4.7 miles30

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 Rancho CalaverasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2490142The 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 1804851. 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.