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Saint Louis, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the West Sierra census division. It lies near Sears Ravine. The Survey maps it on the La Porte quadrangle.

Saint Louis within Sierra County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Saint Louis, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Saint Louis, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

59 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Saint Louis between 1993 and 2020, burning about 223 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
8 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestPORT
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestWYANDOTTE CG
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestGRASS
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestTABLE
4 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePlumas National ForestPENINSULA
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestSLATE
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestCANYON
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePlumas National ForestLOWER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sierra County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 188 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 188 workings within 5 miles of Saint Louis: 54 past producers, 54 occurrences, 47 producers, 23 prospects. 47 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, Platinum. 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
AlturasSilver, GoldProducer
Diana Mining CoHafniumProspect
La PorteGold, PlatinumProducer1848
LassiatCopperOccurrencePyrite
Mount Filmore Cons. Grp.Gold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Unnamed LocationTitanium, ZirconiumOccurrence
GibsonvilleChromiumPast Producer
OccurrenceChromiumOccurrence
Poker Flats ProspectsChromiumOccurrenceChromite
PropertyChromiumProducer1917, 1918, 1942

Every working recorded in Sierra 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
Grass Flat1.7 miles26
Howland Flat2.3 miles26
Queen City2.5 miles26
Gibsonville3.0 miles26
Morristown3.4 miles26
Deadwood (historical)4.1 miles26
Poker Flat4.2 miles26
Maredith Mill4.7 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659571. 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.