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Remington Hill, California

34 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 North Fork Steephollow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Washington quadrangle. It stands 4,052 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.

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Remington Hill (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,371 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined35
Debris and open burning27
Natural24
Recreation and ceremony19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
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 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTahoe National ForestHILL
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTahoe National ForestALPHA
7 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTahoe National ForestBANNER 2
7 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTahoe National ForestLOWELL
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitKEARSARGE
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitFOREBAY
4 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestWHITE
4 September 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitWHITE CLOUD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 208 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 208 workings within 5 miles of Remington Hill (historical): 88 occurrences, 59 unknowns, 46 past producers, 15 producers. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Barium-Barite. 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
Blue CanyonGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Blue CanyonGold, PGEUnknown
Dan Sullivan & AssocAsbestosOccurrence
Giant King QtzGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
OmegaGold, SilverProducer
Paine Claims Neva May and GenevieveMineral PigmentsOccurrenceMineral Pigments
Alpha - Omega MinesGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer1850
Bear River Chrome MineChromium, IronPast Producer1916, 1917
Lowell Hill DistrictGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer1850
ManzanitaMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar

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
Democrat (historical)0.8 miles34
Junction House2.8 miles34
Alpha (historical)3.6 miles34
Omega4.5 miles34
Washington5.6 miles34
Quaker Hill (historical)6.1 miles33
Bear Valley (historical)6.2 miles34
Cascade Shores6.3 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 Remington Hill (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7311828The 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 1682953. 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.