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Rancho Loma Rica, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Marysville Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95918. It stands on McGinn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oregon House quadrangle. It stands 804 feet above sea level.

Rancho Loma Rica within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 107 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 Loma Rica, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Rancho Loma Rica, surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

429 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 429 fires within 5 miles of Rancho Loma Rica between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,485 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined145
Equipment and vehicle use136
Debris and open burning92
Arson/incendiarism20
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitROAD SIDE
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitTOWNSHIP
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMARYSVILLE
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unit1140 TRAILS
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitWOLF
7 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitGIMENEZ
5 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMARYSVILLE
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLOMA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Rancho Loma Rica: 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Motts RanchStone, DimensionUnknown
Swain Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationGold, SilverOccurrence
Browns Valley-SmartvilleGoldProducer
Lone CedarGoldOccurrence
Smithurst AbdGoldUnknown
Sweet VengenceGoldOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Yuba 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
Stanfield Hill2.6 miles24
Oak Grove (historical)2.9 miles24
Loma Rica3.4 miles27
Oregon House5.2 miles24
Sicard Flat5.4 miles24
Browns Valley5.4 miles27
Olive Hill6.3 miles27
Timbuctoo6.6 miles24

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 Q7291074The 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 1703511. 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.