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Rolling Hills, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sonora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95327. It stands on Peppermint Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sonora quadrangle.

Rolling Hills within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1893 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rolling Hills, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Rolling Hills, surveyed 1893

On record in Rolling Hills

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

738 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 738 fires within 5 miles of Rolling Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,405 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 41 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/undetermined305
Equipment and vehicle use155
Debris and open burning111
Misuse of fire by a minor53
Arson/incendiarism41
Power generation/transmission/distribution23
Natural22
Smoking19
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes3
Firearms and explosives use1
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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMONO
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTING 24
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitFERENCZY
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCAMPBELL
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitRAWHIDE
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitGREENLEY
8 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictTRESCOTT
8 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictHATLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 386 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 386 workings within 5 miles of Rolling Hills: 141 unknowns, 103 past producers, 62 producers, 54 occurrences. 63 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Copper. 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
B Brown We Finch Ad HunterTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Ft Lillard ClaimsCopper, IronProspect
Golden Rule & JumperGold, BismuthOccurrence
Jamestown S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kahl RanchChromium, CopperOccurrence
Mackey RanchCopper, Gold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
Quigg MineIron, ChromiumPast Producer1908
Reported OccurenceSlate, DimensionOccurrence
Reported OccurenceBerylliumOccurrence
Shell RanchCopper, GoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Tuolumne 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
Woods Crossing0.5 miles28
Mother Lode West0.5 miles28
Campo Seco0.6 miles28
Jamestown0.7 miles28
Quartz1.1 miles28
Rawhide1.8 miles28
Peppermint Creek1.9 miles28
Stent1.9 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1785578. 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.